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Interior of a Church
Albrecht Altdorferbefore 1520
Renaissance and Reformation. German Art in the Age of Dürer and Cranach
Altdorfer’s interests as an architect and as a painter came together in this drawing. Constructed with meticulous precision and squared for transfer, he designed an impressive church in preparation for a painting: The Birth of the Virgin with the Round Dance of Angels is now in the Alte Pinakothek in Munich.
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- Title: Interior of a Church
- Creator: Albrecht Altdorfer
- Date Created: before 1520
- Physical Dimensions: 18.5 × 20.1 cm
- Technique and Material: Pen and black ink, gray wash
- Provenance: Destailleur Collection, acquired in 1924
- Museum: Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Kupferstichkabinett
- Inv.-No.: KdZ 11920
- ISIL-No.: DE-MUS-018511
- External Link: http://www.smb.museum/museen-und-einrichtungen/kupferstichkabinett/home.html
- Copyright: Photo © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Kupferstichkabinett/ Jörg P. Anders; Text © Renaissance and Reformation: German Art in the Age of Dürer and Cranach, A Cooperation of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, and the Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen München, Catalogue of the Exhibition at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Nov 20, 2016 – March 26, 2017, Munich: Prestel, 2016; cat. no. 82 / Michael Roth
- Catalogue: https://prestelpublishing.randomhouse.de/book/Renaissance-and-Reformation/Stephanie-Buck/Prestel-com/e504919.rhd
- Artist Dates: c. 1480 Regensburg (?)–1538 Regensburg
- Artist Biography: Altdorfer is considered the inventor of the autonomous landscape painting and the major exponent of the Danube school, characterized by its particular interest in depicting nature and coloristic effects. The artist, who probably trained with his father, was probably schooled on miniature painting and the works of Lucas Cranach the Elder. Along with Albrecht Dürer and others, Altdorfer was repeatedly active for Emperor Maximilian I from 1512 onward.
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