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Maximilian as Founder and Protector of the Order of St. George; and Maximilian and the Knights of St. George Vowing a Crusade Against the Turks; with Portraits of Emperors and Kings (Maximilian's Forerunners), from the Arch of Honor, proof, dated 1515, printed 1517-18
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Maximilian as Founder and Protector of the Order of St. George; and Maximilian and the Knights of St. George Vowing a Crusade Against the Turks; with Portraits of Emperors and Kings (Maximilian's Forerunners), from the Arch of Honor, proof, dated 1515, printed 1517-18

Medium

Woodcut and letterpress

Dimensions

Sheet: 18 3/8 × 24 9/16 in. (46.7 × 62.4 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1928

Classification

Prints

Department

Drawings and Prints

Rights

Public Domain

About Albrecht Altdorfer

1475–1538

As an exponent of the Danube School, Altdorfer was indifferent to Italian Renaissance concerns for perspective and proportion. Instead he favored emotion and expressiveness, particularly in his depiction of landscapes and nature, which often dominates human forms in his paintings and prints. Comment on works: History

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