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Landscape with A Double Spruce

A work made of etching in black on ivory laid paper.
CC0 Public Domain Designation

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  • A work made of etching in black on ivory laid paper.

Date:

1520/22

Artist:

Albrecht Altdorfer
German, c.1480-1538

About this artwork

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.

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Albrecht Altdorfer

Title

Landscape with A Double Spruce

Place

Germany (Artist's nationality:)

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Made 1515–1520

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.)

Credit Line

Clarence Buckingham Collection

Reference Number

1955.28

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