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ALTDORFER, ALBRECHT (? 1480–1538)

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ALTDORFER, ALBRECHT (? 1480–1538)

ALTDORFER, ALBRECHT (? 1480–1538) , See also:

German painter and engraver, was See also:

BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

REGENSBURG (RATISBON)

Regensburg (Ratisbon), where in 15o5 he was enrolled a burgher, and described as " twenty-five years old." Soon afterwards he is known to have been prosperous, and as See also:

CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city architect he erected fortifications and a public slaughter-See also:

house. Altdorfer has been called the" See also:

Giorgione of the See also:

North." His paintings are remarkable for See also:

minute and careful finish, and for See also:

close study of nature. The most important of them are to be found in the Pinakothek at See also:

MUNICH (Ger. Munchen)

Munich. A See also:

REPRESENTATION

representation of the See also:

BATTLE

battle of See also:

ARBELA (ARBA`IL, i.e. " Four-god-city")

Arbela (1529), included in that collection, is usually considered his See also:

CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief See also:

WORK

work. His engravings on See also:

wood and See also:

COPPER (symbol Cu, atomic weight 63.1, H=1, or 63.6, O = 16)

copper are very numerous, and See also:

RANK (O.Fr. rant or rent, mod. rang, generally connected with the O.E. and O.H.G. bring, a ring)

rank next to those of Albrecht See also:

DURER, ALBRECHT (1471-1528)

Durer. The most important collection is at the See also:

Berlin museum. Albrecht's See also:

BROTHER

brother, Erhard Altdorfer, was also a painter and engraver, and a See also:

PUPIL (Lat. pupillus, orphan, minor, dim. of pupus, boy, allied to puer, from root pm- or peu-, to beget, cf. "pupa," Lat. for " doll," the name given to the stage intervening between the larval and imaginal stages in certain insects)

pupil of See also:

Lucas See also:

CRANACH, LUCAS (1472-1553)

Cranach.

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