Description
Albrecht Altdorfer was the first German artist to execute pure landscapes. A painter and architectural and metal-work designer in Regensburg, he is most famous for establishing the Danube School of artists devoted to a romantic interest in the natural world, to which Augustin Hirschvogel also belonged.
Accession Number
82592
Medium
Etching in black on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
Image: 11 × 16 cm (4 3/8 × 6 5/16 in.); Sheet: 11.1 × 16.1 cm (4 3/8 × 6 3/8 in.)
Classification
etching
Credit Line
Clarence Buckingham Collection
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