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Joshua, from De Biblie uth der uthlegginge Doctoris Martini Luthers
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Joshua, from De Biblie uth der uthlegginge Doctoris Martini Luthers

Medium

Woodcut

Tags

Dimensions

Sheet: 11 1/4 × 7 13/16 in. (28.5 × 19.9 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1962

Classification

Prints

Department

Drawings and Prints

Rights

Public Domain

About Erhard Altdorfer

1475–1562Germany

Erhard was a pupil of his brother, Albrecht, buy may have been influenced by other masters of the Danube style such as Lucas Cranach and Jorg Breu. In 1512 he became court painter and architect to the Duke of Mecklenburg at Schwerin, and remained there until 1561.