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Are Albrecht Dürer's parents names known?
His father, Albrecht Durer the Elder (originally Albrecht Ajtosi), was a successful goldsmith.
Is anything known of his mother?
second son of his parents, who had at least fourteen and possibly as many as eighteen children.

Question: Did he receive any formal education?
Self-contained rewrite: Did Albrecht Dürer receive any formal education?