Updated / Monday, 30 Aug 2021 16:02 Albrecht Dürer's Irish Soldiers and Peasants (1521). Image: bpk / Kupferstichkabinett, SMB / Jörg P. Anders Analysis: Albrecht Dürer's enigmatic drawing shows us what Ireland wore 500 years ago, from the glib haircut to mantle coats Albrecht Dürer's enigmatic drawing of Irish soldiers turns 500 this year. A work of outstanding ethnographic importance, it depicts what continental Europeans could learn about the Irish and their dress in the early 16h century.