ALTDORFER, ALBRECHT. - German painter, woodcut artist and architect, b. shortly before 1480 at Amberg, d. between 12 February and 29 March 1538 at Regensburg. He is one of the artists of the so-called "Danubian milieu" (Donaukreis), and is famous for his romantic landscapes and lively scenes, though without attaining the power of Dürer. His signed and dated altarpieces are numerous, such as the one at St. Florian (1518), which reveals him as a vigorous narrator. He left a great many drawings, including colored ones, and successfully experimented with color woodcut, going as far as six blocks. He also practiced copperplate engraving.
ALTDORFER, ALBRECHT - Recovery of the body of St. Florian. Nuremberg, German National Museum.Bibliography4 worksE. Friedländer, s. v. in Thieme-Becker, I, pp. 347-48; K. Pfister, Der erste Romantiker der deutschen Kunst: A. A. zur Münchener Ausstellung
BIBL.: E. Friedländer, s. v. in Thieme-Becker, I, pp. 347-48; K. Pfister, Der erste Romantiker der deutschen Kunst: A. A. zur Münchener Ausstellung des Gesamtwerkes, in Illustr. Zeitung, (1938, I), pp. 998-99, (fasc. 4867); O. Benesch, Der Maler A. A., Vienna 1939; L. v. Baldass, A. A., Zurich 1941.
Lipinski, Angelo. “Altdorfer, albrecht.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. I, coll. 928–929. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1948. https://azioneromana.com/article/altdorfer-albrecht.
MLA
Lipinski, Angelo. “Altdorfer, albrecht.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. I, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1948, coll. 928–929. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/altdorfer-albrecht.
BibTeX
@incollection{ec1_altdorfer_albrecht,
author = {Lipinski, Angelo},
title = {Altdorfer, albrecht},
booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
volume = {I},
pages = {928--929},
note = {Cited by column},
publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
address = {Città del Vaticano},
year = {1948},
url = {https://azioneromana.com/article/altdorfer-albrecht}
}
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