Albrecht Altdorfer | |
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 Albrecht Altdorfer portrait by Philipp Kilian | |
| Born | c. 1480 |
| Died | 12 February 1538 (aged 57–58) |
| Nationality | German |
Albrecht Altdorfer (c. 1480—12 February 1538) was a German painter, engraver and architect of the Renaissance working in Regensburg, Bavaria. Along with Lucas Cranach the Elder and Wolf Huber he is regarded to be the main representative of the Danube School, setting biblical and historical subjects against landscape backgrounds of expressive colours. He is remarkable as one of the first artists to take an interest in landscape as an independent subject.[1] As an artist also making small intricate engravings he is seen to belong to the Nuremberg Little Masters.
- ^ Norwich, John Julius (1990). Oxford Illustrated Encyclopedia Of The Arts. USA: Oxford University Press. pp. 13. ISBN 978-0198691372.