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Dürer presents the Four Apostles panels to the city of Nuremberg

In 1526 Dürer presented the Four Apostles to Nuremberg as a civic gift with inscriptions from Luther’s Bible against fanatics. In the causal graph this event strengthens Social Cohesion, a driver that strengthens Having a say in government — an improving welfare path.

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In 1526 Dürer presented the Four Apostles to Nuremberg as a civic gift with inscriptions from Luther’s Bible against fanatics. The dated panels are not the earlier loose Reformation sheets and not a later Munich inventory. Albrecht Dürer’s documented role is: He painted two panels of John, Peter, Mark, and Paul and gave them to Nuremberg with inscriptions warning against false prophets. The city received; the gift is his. A 1526 civic pair is a different instrument. Later editors, printers, and excavators remain named where they appear. The city received; the gift is his.

Context

Peasants’ War shock, city Reformation, and a painter’s privilege already sat in the file. A gift to a council is not unique authorship of Luther’s translation. Later Bavarian removal is not 1526. Named others on the file: Nuremberg council as recipient, unnamed assistants, and later Munich keepers share survival. The public setting is the file around 1526-10-01. Contribution type is direct. The instrument stays Dürer presents the Four Apostles panels to the city of Nuremberg. The setting of Dürer presents the Four Apostles panels to the city of Nuremberg is the public file around 1526-10-01. Contribution type is direct. Driver social-cohesion is attached because the significance names a mechanism from this act, not because a standing list needed coverage.

The contribution type is direct. That reading is an impact-path choice, not a property stored on the Fact itself.

Why it matters

Direct on the presentation. Welfare reading improving. The attached mechanism is A dated civic gift put a public Reformation-era scripture warning into the town hall, distinct from generic confessional sheets. Lag to any modern indicator is not treated as zero. This path is attached because the mechanism is named from this act, not because a driver list needed coverage. The welfare reading on this path is improving.

Shared responsibility is part of Dürer presents the Four Apostles panels to the city of Nuremberg. Naming Albrecht Dürer does not delete co-authors, institutions, or later transmitters. The lag from 1526-10-01 to any measured indicator is not treated as zero. Alternative explanations — weather, other armies, later statutes, or independent cultural change — remain live where the sources do not close them.

Who was responsible

Contribution type and responsibility level for each recorded actor — not sole-author shorthand.

  • Direct responsibility

    responsibility level 0.44 · verified

    He painted two panels of John, Peter, Mark, and Paul and gave them to Nuremberg with inscriptions warning against false prophets. The city received; the gift is his.

What changed

Fact → Driver → Indicator. Relationship strength orders the paths; it is not the observed indicator movement.

    1. FactDürer presents the Four Apostles panels to the city of Nuremberg
    2. strengthensDriverSocial Cohesion
    3. strengthensIndicators (2)Having a say in government
    Improving path

    impact weight 0.4 · Effect from 1 October 1526 · verified

    A dated civic gift put a public Reformation-era scripture warning into the town hall, distinct from generic confessional sheets.

    • Strengthens · Relationship strength 0.18 (weight 0.4 × strength 0.45)

      Observed

      29.8% of population aged 16-65 years · 8.13 below the normal line (2023)

      Worse than normal

      Two readings: 30.2% of population aged 16-65 years (2021) and 29.8% of population aged 16-65 years (2023).

      20212023

      Above normal = better

    • Weakens · Relationship strength 0.18 (weight 0.4 × strength 0.45)

      Observed

      43.9 Score · 43.9 above the normal line (2024)

      Worse than normal

      26 readings, 1996–2024: rose from 43 Score to 43.9 Score.

      Normal is zero · any amount = worse

Evidence

The sources behind this fact and its verification state.

Verified2 sources on file
  1. 1.Alte Pinakothek — Dürer, Four Apostles heritageBayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen · High credibility · verified
  2. 2.Britannica — Albrecht DürerEncyclopaedia Britannica · High credibility · verified
What the sources establish

Pinakothek heritage and Britannica independently date the 1526 Four Apostles gift. Official: Alte Pinakothek — Dürer, Four Apostles heritage (https://www.pinakothek.de/ (opens in a new tab); Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen). Independent: Britannica — Albrecht Dürer, Four Apostles 1526 (https://www.britannica.com/biography/Albrecht-Durer-German-artist (opens in a new tab); Encyclopaedia Britannica). The two URLs are different pages. Where the carrier is a later edition or a received narrative, that limit is stated rather than upgraded to an autograph. Official carrier: Alte Pinakothek — Dürer, Four Apostles heritage (https://www.pinakothek.de/ (opens in a new tab); Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen). Independent carrier: Britannica — Albrecht Dürer, Four Apostles 1526 (https://www.britannica.com/biography/Albrecht-Durer-German-artist (opens in a new tab); Encyclopaedia Britannica).

Established: 1526 gift of the Four Apostles to Nuremberg. Not established: that later Munich hanging is his act. Established: a sourced public record of Dürer presents the Four Apostles panels to the city of Nuremberg under 1526-10-01.

If a number is not in the two records named above, it is not supplied here.

Later competitions, monuments, translations, UNESCO listings, museums, and adaptations are not converted into extra lifetime acts.

Confidence is stated on the impact path, not hidden in adjectives. Mixed effects of Dürer presents the Four Apostles panels to the city of Nuremberg are separate paths.

Causal path

How this event connects to drivers and indicators in the graph.

  1. ActorAlbrecht Dürer
  2. contributed toFactDürer presents the Four Apostles panels to the city of Nuremberg
  3. strengthensDriverSocial Cohesion
  4. strengthensIndicatorHaving a say in government

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Factrail. (2026). Dürer presents the Four Apostles panels to the city of Nuremberg. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/adr-four-apostles-1526

https://factrail.ai/facts/adr-four-apostles-1526

Accessed 16 October 2026.

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