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Albrecht Altdorfer

German painter and printmaker

Brief biography, in most instances from the Union List of Artist Names® Online:
As an exponent of the Danube School, Altdorfer was indifferent to Italian Renaissance concerns for perspective and proportion. Instead he favored emotion and expressiveness, particularly in his depiction of landscapes and nature, which often dominates human forms in his paintings and prints.

Artist ID number in the Union List of Artist Names®: ULAN 500031250.
The ULAN link above leads to a cataloging authority record at the Getty Research Institute.

Objects related to Albrecht Altdorfer:

Albrecht Altdorfer Fall of Man, 1513 Woodcut
Albrecht Altdorfer The Expulsion from Paradise, 1513 Woodcut
Albrecht Altdorfer Joachim’s Offering Refused, 1513 Woodcut
Albrecht Altdorfer The Annunciation of Joachim, 1513 Woodcut
Albrecht Altdorfer The Meeting of Joachim and Anne, 1513 Woodcut
Albrecht Altdorfer Presentation of the Virgin, 1513 Woodcut
Albrecht Altdorfer Annunciation, 1513 Woodcut
Albrecht Altdorfer Visitation, 1513 Woodcut
Albrecht Altdorfer The Nativity, 1513 Woodcut
Albrecht Altdorfer Adoration of the Magi, 1513 Woodcut
Albrecht Altdorfer Circumcision, 1513 Woodcut
Albrecht Altdorfer Presentation in the Temple, 1513 Woodcut
Albrecht Altdorfer Flight into Egypt, 1513 Woodcut
Albrecht Altdorfer The Beautiful Virgin of Regensburg, 16th century Engraving
Albrecht Altdorfer Christ among the Doctors, 1513 Woodcut
Albrecht Altdorfer Virgin and Child with St. Anne, ca. 1520-1526 Engraving
Albrecht Altdorfer Transfiguration, 1513 Woodcut
Albrecht Altdorfer Christ Taking Leave of His Mother, 1513 Woodcut
Albrecht Altdorfer The Entry into Jerusalem, 1513 Woodcut
Albrecht Altdorfer Virgin and Child, 1515 Engraving
Albrecht Altdorfer Last Supper, 1513 Woodcut
Albrecht Altdorfer Agony in the Garden, 1513 Woodcut
Albrecht Altdorfer The Betrayal, 1513 Woodcut
Albrecht Altdorfer Christ before Caiaphus, 1513 Woodcut
Albrecht Altdorfer Christ before Pilate, 1513 Woodcut
Albrecht Altdorfer Flagellation, 1513 Woodcut
Albrecht Altdorfer Crowning with Thorns, 1513 Woodcut
Albrecht Altdorfer Ecce Homo, 1513 Woodcut
Albrecht Altdorfer Christ Delivered to the Jews, 1513 Woodcut
Albrecht Altdorfer Bearing of the Cross, 1513 Woodcut
Albrecht Altdorfer Nailing to the Cross, 1513 Woodcut
Albrecht Altdorfer Raising of the Cross, 1513 Woodcut
Albrecht Altdorfer Crucifixion, 1513 Woodcut
Albrecht Altdorfer Descent from the Cross, 1513 Woodcut
Albrecht Altdorfer Lamentation of the Virgin, 1513 Woodcut
Albrecht Altdorfer Entombment, 1513 Woodcut
Albrecht Altdorfer Descent into Limbo, 1513 Woodcut
Albrecht Altdorfer Resurrection, 1513 Woodcut
Albrecht Altdorfer Christ Appears to the Magdalen, 1513 Woodcut
Albrecht Altdorfer Ascension, 1513 Woodcut
Albrecht Altdorfer Death of the Virgin, 1513 Woodcut
Albrecht Altdorfer Last Judgment, 1513 Woodcut
Albrecht Altdorfer Coronation of the Virgin, 1513 Woodcut
Albrecht Altdorfer Jael and Sisera, 16th century Woodcut
Albrecht Altdorfer The Roman Courtesan (La fable de la marguerite poétique), ca. 1520-1526 Engraving
Albrecht Altdorfer The Virgin Standing in a Church, 1520 Woodcut
Albrecht Altdorfer Altar with Virgin and Child, St. Christopher, St. George, St. Barbara, and St. Catherine, 1520 (possibly a restrike printed later) Woodcut on probably wove paper
Albrecht Altdorfer Man in Armor Holding up Wine and Bread, 16th century Engraving
Albrecht Altdorfer St. Jerome in the Cave, 1515 Woodcut
Albrecht Altdorfer The Austrian Territories: Burgendt and Zeringen, ca. 1517 Woodcut on parchment
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