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The Departure of Saint Florian
Painting ID:: 2291
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Albrecht Altdorfer
The Departure of Saint Florian
1520
Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence
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The Martyrdom of Saint Florian
Painting ID:: 2292
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Albrecht Altdorfer
The Martyrdom of Saint Florian
1520
Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence
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The Birth of the Virgin
Painting ID:: 2294
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Albrecht Altdorfer
The Birth of the Virgin
1525
Pinakothek, Munich
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The Battle of Alexander
Painting ID:: 2295
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Albrecht Altdorfer
The Battle of Alexander
1529
158.4 x 120.3 cm
Pinakothek, Munich
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Christ Taking Leave of His Mother
Painting ID:: 2296
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Albrecht Altdorfer
Christ Taking Leave of His Mother
1520
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Albrecht Altdorfer
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German
1480-1538
Albrecht Altdorfer Galleries
He most often painted religious scenes, but is mainly famous as the first frequent painter of pure landscape, and also compositions dominated by their landscape. Taking and developing the landscape style of Lucas Cranach the Elder, he shows the hilly landscape of the Danube valley with thick forests of drooping and crumbling firs and larches hung with moss, and often dramatic colouring from a rising or setting sun. His Landscape with footbridge (National Gallery, London) of 1518-20 is claimed to be the first pure landscape in oil. He also made many fine finished drawings, mostly landscapes, in pen and watercolour. His best religious scenes are intense, sometimes verging on the expressionistic, and often depict moments of intimacy between Christ and his mother, or others. His most famous religious artwork is the The Legend of St. Sebastian and the Passion of Christ that decorated the altar in the St. Florian monastery in Linz, Austria. He often distorts perspective to subtle effect. His donor figures are often painted completely out of scale with the main scene, as in paintings of the previous centuries. He also painted some portraits; overall his painted oeuvre was not large. |
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