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ALBRECHT 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 city architect he erected fortifications and a public slaughter-See also: house
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See also: Altdorfer has been called the" See also: Giorgione of the See also: North." His paintings are remarkable for minute and careful finish, and for close study of nature
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The most important of them are to be found in the Pinakothek at See also: Munich
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A See also: representation of the See also: battle of Arbela (1529), included in that collection, is usually considered his chief See also: work
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His engravings on See also: wood and copper are very numerous, and See also: rank next to those of Albrecht See also: Durer
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The most important collection is at the Berlin museum
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Albrecht's See also: brother, Erhard Altdorfer, was also a painter and engraver, and a pupil of Lucas See also: Cranach
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