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ALBRECHT ALTDORFER (? 1480–1538)

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Originally appearing in Volume V01, Page 763 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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ALTDORFER (? 1480–1538)  , See also:German painter and engraver, was See also:born at See also: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 architect he erected fortifications and a public slaughter-See also:house . See also: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 . A See also:representation of the See also:battle of See also:Arbela (1529), included in that collection, is usually considered his See also:chief See also:work . His engravings on See also:wood and See also:copper are very numerous, and See also:rank next to those of Albrecht See also:Durer . The most important collection is at the See also:Berlin museum . Albrecht's See also:brother, Erhard Altdorfer, was also a painter and engraver, and a See also:pupil of See also:Lucas See also:Cranach .

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