Albrecht Altdorfer
Painting, Visual Artist
1480 – 1538
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Who was Albrecht Altdorfer?
Albrecht Altdorfer was a German painter, engraver and architect of the Renaissance working in Regensburg. Along with Lucas Cranach the Elder and Wolf Huber he is regarded to be the main representative of the so-called Danube School setting biblical and historical subjects against landscape backgrounds of expressive colours. As an artist also making small intricate engravings he is seen to belong to the Nuremberg Little Masters.
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- Born
- 1480
Regensburg - Siblings
- Ethnicity
- Bavarians
- Nationality
- Germany
- Lived in
- Bavaria
- Died
- Feb 12, 1538
Regensburg
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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