Conversation so far:
What are some of Albrecht Dürer's masterworks?
Adam and Eve (1507), The Martyrdom of the Ten Thousand (1508, for Frederick of Saxony), Virgin with the Iris (1508), the altarpiece Assumption of the Virgin .
Does he have more?
Adoration of the Trinity (1511, for Matthaeus Landauer).
During this period he also completed two woodcut series, the Great Passion and the Life of the Virgin.
Are these well known?
Between 1507 and 1511 Durer worked on some of his most celebrated paintings.
What is significant about Nuremberg?
Durer returned to Nuremberg by mid-1507, remaining in Germany until 1520.

Question: Why did he return?
Self-contained rewrite: Why did Dürer return to Nuremberg?