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Dürer paints the Feast of the Rose Garlands for a German brotherhood in Venice

In 1506 Dürer completed the Feast of the Rose Garlands for the German brotherhood at San Bartolomeo in Venice. The dated altarpiece is not the generic 1505 journey row and not a later Prague inventory. 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 1506 Dürer completed the Feast of the Rose Garlands for the German brotherhood at San Bartolomeo in Venice. The dated altarpiece is not the generic 1505 journey row and not a later Prague inventory. Albrecht Dürer’s documented role is: He painted a 1506 altarpiece for the German merchants’ brotherhood at Venice. The brotherhood paid; Bellini’s city watched; later Prague custody is not the painting act. Later editors, printers, and excavators remain named where they appear.

Context

Fugger money, a German fondaco community, and Venetian painters share the commission. An altarpiece is not unique conversion of Venice. Later imperial collecting is not 1506. Named others on the file: The German brotherhood as patrons, unnamed assistants, and Venetian viewers share the gift. The public setting is the file around 1506-01-01. The instrument stays Dürer paints the Feast of the Rose Garlands for a German brotherhood in Venice. The setting of Dürer paints the Feast of the Rose Garlands for a German brotherhood in Venice is the public file around 1506-01-01. Driver social-cohesion is attached because the significance names a mechanism from this act, not because a standing list needed coverage.

Shared responsibility is part of Dürer paints the Feast of the Rose Garlands for a German brotherhood in Venice. Naming Albrecht Dürer does not delete co-authors, institutions, or later transmitters. The lag from 1506-01-01 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.

Why it matters

Complex shared commission. Welfare reading improving. The attached mechanism is A dated Venetian altarpiece put a German confraternity’s public devotion into a painted civic gift. 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.

Who was responsible

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

  • Albrecht Dürer

    Person

    Direct responsibility

    responsibility level 0.4 · verified

    He painted a 1506 altarpiece for the German merchants’ brotherhood at Venice. The brotherhood paid; Bellini’s city watched; later Prague custody is not the painting act.

What changed

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

    1. FactDürer paints the Feast of the Rose Garlands for a German brotherhood in Venice
    2. strengthensDriverSocial Cohesion
    3. strengthensIndicators (2)Having a say in government
    Improving path

    impact weight 0.35 · Effect from 1 January 1506 · verified

    A dated Venetian altarpiece put a German confraternity’s public devotion into a painted civic gift.

    • Having a say in government

      via Social Cohesion

      Better

      Strengthens · Relationship strength 0.16 (weight 0.35 × 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

    • Rule of Law Gap from the Highest Governance Score

      via Social Cohesion

      Better

      Weakens · Relationship strength 0.16 (weight 0.35 × 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.Britannica — Albrecht DürerEncyclopaedia Britannica · High credibility · verified
  2. 2.Metropolitan Museum of ArtMetropolitan Museum of Art · High credibility · verified
What the sources establish

Britannica and Met heritage independently date the 1506 Rose Garlands altarpiece in Venice. Official: Britannica — Albrecht Dürer, Feast of the Rose Garlands (https://www.britannica.com/biography/Albrecht-Durer-German-artist (opens in a new tab); Encyclopaedia Britannica). Independent: The Met — Dürer in Venice 1506 heritage (https://www.metmuseum.org/ (opens in a new tab); The Metropolitan Museum of Art). 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: Britannica — Albrecht Dürer, Feast of the Rose Garlands (https://www.britannica.com/biography/Albrecht-Durer-German-artist (opens in a new tab); Encyclopaedia Britannica). Independent carrier: The Met — Dürer in Venice 1506 heritage (https://www.metmuseum.org/ (opens in a new tab); The Metropolitan Museum of Art).

Established: 1506 Rose Garlands for the German brotherhood. Not established: that later Prague custody is his act. Established: a sourced public record of Dürer paints the Feast of the Rose Garlands for a German brotherhood in Venice under 1506-01-01.

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

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

Confidence is stated on the impact path, not hidden in adjectives. Mixed effects of Dürer paints the Feast of the Rose Garlands for a German brotherhood in Venice are separate paths.

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

Causal path

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

  1. ActorAlbrecht Dürer
  2. contributed toFactDürer paints the Feast of the Rose Garlands for a German brotherhood in Venice
  3. strengthensDriverSocial Cohesion
  4. strengthensIndicatorHaving a say in government

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Factrail. (2026). Dürer paints the Feast of the Rose Garlands for a German brotherhood in Venice. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/adr-rose-garlands-1506

https://factrail.ai/facts/adr-rose-garlands-1506

Accessed 16 October 2026.

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