Albrecht Altdorfer

Albrecht Altdorfer
Albrecht Altdorfer, Public domain

(1480–1538) tysk konstnär, kopparstickare och arkitekt

Albrecht Altdorfer (1480–1538) is listed in the catalogue as a painter, a printmaker, and a draughtsman. By year of birth, Albrecht Altdorfer belongs to the chapter ‘The Renaissance’ in this site’s history of art.

Albrecht Altdorfer was born in Regensburg and died in Regensburg. Albrecht Altdorfer worked in Regensburg. Wikidata associates Albrecht Altdorfer with German Renaissance.

The best-known works include ‘The Battle of Alexander at Issus’, ‘Susanna and the Elders’, ‘Nativity of the Virgin’, and ‘Legend of Saint Florian’. The catalogue has 214 works by Albrecht Altdorfer with free images. The dated works span the years 1505–1550. Works by Albrecht Altdorfer are held by several collections, among them Prints in the National Gallery of Art, Rosenwald Collection, Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen, and St. Florian Monastery. Wikidata links 2 works to movements covered in the chapter ‘The Renaissance’.

Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Jerg Ratgeb, Jan de Cock, Ludovico Mazzolino, Jacob van Utrecht, and Damián Forment.