The Adoration of the Magi

Albrecht AltdorferWW-1513-237189

1513·woodcut on laid paper·sheet (trimmed to block): 7.2 × 4.8 cm (2 13/16 × 1 7/8 in.)

Catalogue

Year: 1513
Medium: woodcut on laid paper
Dimensions: sheet (trimmed to block): 7.2 × 4.8 cm (2 13/16 × 1 7/8 in.)
Collection: National Gallery of Art
Artist: Albrecht Altdorfer

Artist

Albrecht Altdorfer

Painting

Albrecht Altdorfer was a German painter, engraver and architect of the Renaissance working in Regensburg, Bavaria. Along with Lucas Cranach the Elder and Wolf Huber he is regarded to be the main representative of the Danube School, setting biblical and historical subjects against landscape backgrounds of expressive colours. He is remarkable as one of the first artists to take an interest in landscape as an independent subject. As an artist also making small intricate engravings he is seen to belong to the Nuremberg Little Masters.

Regensburg, Germany

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