The Crucifixion, Albrecht Altdorfer, c. 1505–16
Albrecht Altdorfer, PorträtAlbrecht AltdorferDeutschland, 1480–1538

The Crucifixion

c. 1505–16 · Print · 14.45 × 9.84 cm

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Wo ist „The Crucifixion“ heute? Minneapolis Institute of Art, G344, Minneapolis. Ja, derzeit ausgestellt. Geprüft 29. September 2026.

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Pilgrimages to the Holy Land were popular activities in the North. The many pilgrim accounts described Calvary as a rocky, inhospitable place. Albrecht Altdorfer chose to heighten the immediacy of the Crucifixion, however, by placing it in a fictional German landscape. In time he would create the first pure landscape prints in art, but here he fuses his humanistic delight in nature with subdued religiosity.

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Im Leben von Albrecht Altdorfer

Das ganze Leben
  1. 1505

    Settles in the free city of Regensburg

    He settles in Regensburg, a free imperial city on the Danube, where he will in time become town architect and a member of the city council.

  2. 1506

    His first signature on engravings: a monogram

    Having begun as a copper engraver, in 1506 he first signs his prints with a monogram of his own, made in imitation of Albrecht Dürer's famous mark.

  3. 1506

    Works in one workshop with his brother Erhard

    In 1506 the brothers Albrecht and Erhard Altdorfer begin working together in one workshop. The younger brother — a painter, engraver and architect — studied with Lucas Cranach the Elder and from 1512 served as court artist in Schwerin.

  4. 1511

    A journey down the Danube to the Austrian Alps

    In 1511 he travels along the Danube to the Austrian Alps, making sketches on the way. Altdorfer is regarded as one of the first German artists to turn to landscape as an independent genre.

  5. 1513

    In the service of Emperor Maximilian I in Innsbruck

    From 1513 he is in the service of Emperor Maximilian I in Innsbruck (Tyrol) and carries out several commissions for the imperial court; for the emperor he also made drawings for the “Triumphal Arch”, the “Triumphal Procession” and Maximilian's “Prayer Book”.

  6. 1516–1518

    Works at St. Florian's monastery near Linz

    In 1516–1518 he works at the monastery of St. Florian near Linz.

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