A decade after his first visit to Venice, Dürer decided to return. In the autumn of 1505 he set off across the Alps. While in Venice, Dürer painted the portrait of Burkard von Speyer, as well as portraits of two women, one a gentle girl and the other a slightly older woman. Dürer also did a radiantly coloured picture known as The Madonna with the Siskin, named after the bird which is perched on the Christ child's shoulder.

By far the most important of Dürer's Venetian works, and the one which earned him his reputation for handling colour, is the altarpiece commissioned by the German merchants for the Church of San Bartolomeo. Known as The Altarpiece of the Rose Garlands, it depicts the Virgin distributing garlands to worshippers, led by the Pope and the Emperor.

After visits to Bologna and Florence Dürer may well have gone to Rome, where it is thought that he painted the panel of Christ among the Doctors. He must then have returned home via Venice.

Preview	Picture Data	File Info	Comment
	Portrait of a Young Venetian Woman 1505 Oil on elm panel, 32,5 x 24,5 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna	802*1076 True Color 132 Kb
	Portrait of Burkard von Speyer 1506 Oil and tempera on panel, 32 x 26 cm Royal Collection, Windsor	832*1073 True Color 80 Kb
	Feast of the Rose Garlands 1506 Oil on poplar panel, 162 x 194,5 cm Národní Galerie, Prague	1002*838 True Color 153 Kb
	Feast of the Rose Garlands (detail) 1506 Oil on poplar panel Národní Galerie, Prague	876*879 True Color 162 Kb
	Feast of the Rose Garlands (detail) 1506 Oil on poplar panel Národní Galerie, Prague	750*1109 True Color 168 Kb
	Feast of the Rose Garlands (detail) 1506 Oil on poplar panel Národní Galerie, Prague	998*708 True Color 150 Kb
	Portrait of a Venetian Woman 1506-07 Oil on poplar panel, 28,5 x 21,5 cm Staatliche Museen, Berlin	810*1009 True Color 148 Kb
	Portrait of a Young Man 1506 Oil on panel, 50 x 40 cm Palazzo Rosso, Genoa	750*1119 True Color 120 Kb
	Madonna with the Siskin 1506 Oil on poplar panel, 91 x 76 cm Staatliche Museen, Berlin	850*1033 True Color 179 Kb
	Madonna with the Siskin (detail) 1506 Poplar panel, 91 x 76 cm Staatliche Museen, Berlin	770*1067 True Color 171 Kb
	Madonna with the Siskin (detail) 1506 Oil on poplar panel Staatliche Museen, Berlin	803*1085 True Color 176 Kb
	Madonna with the Siskin (detail) 1506 Oil on poplar panel Staatliche Museen, Berlin	801*1090 True Color 179 Kb
	Madonna with the Siskin (details) 1506 Poplar panel, width of each detail: 17 cm Staatliche Museen, Berlin	843*1012 True Color 189 Kb
	Christ Among the Doctors 1506 Oil on panel, 65 x 80 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid	1033*834 True Color 148 Kb
	Christ Among the Doctors (detail) 1506 Oil on panel Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid	750*916 True Color 127 Kb
	Christ Among the Doctors (detail) 1506 Oil on panel Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid	750*915 True Color 119 Kb
	Christ Among the Doctors (detail) 1506 Oil on panel Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid	804*969 True Color 147 Kb