Albrecht AltdorferGerman, 1480–1538Hl. Georg
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Braunschweig, Germany
The owner is known; whether it is on view today is not.
- In this state since
- Source
- The museum
Particulars
What it shows
In the catalog
Sources
- Herzog Anton Ulrich Museum
- Image: Herzog Anton Ulrich Museum — CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
Meanwhile, in the life of Albrecht Altdorfer
The whole life1505
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.
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.
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”.
1526
Becomes the chief architect of Regensburg
From 1526 he is the city's chief architect, responsible among other things for its fortifications; during the Reformation he devoted himself mainly to architecture. Contemporaries saw in him above all an architect: his gravestone says that a builder lies buried beneath it.
by 1529
Gives up the office of mayor for the Duke's commission
William IV, Duke of Bavaria, commissions “The Battle of Alexander” as part of a series of eight historical battle scenes for the Residenz in Munich; to accept the commission, Altdorfer renounces the office of Mayor of Regensburg. The painting is thought to be the earliest to show the curvature of the Earth from a great height.
12 February 1538
Died
![[Hlg. Georg auf dem Pferd, den Drachen tötend; S. George on horseback, killing the dragon], Raphael Sadeler, 1580–1632](https://diglib.hab.de/varia/haum/sadeler-r-d-ae-wb3-0010/max/000001.jpg)
![[Der heilige Georg tötet den Drachen; St George killing the dragon; St. Georges tuant le Dragon], Cornelis Cort, 1577](https://diglib.hab.de/varia/haum/cort-c-wb3-0015/max/000001.jpg)
