The Great Landscape with the Water Mill
Albrecht Altdorfer
c. 1520
Medium
etching with traces of light gray and yellow watercolor on laid paper
Dimensions
sheet (trimmed within plate mark): 17.6 x 23.6 cm (6 15/16 x 9 5/16 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund
Accession Number
1978.74.1
About the Artist
Albrecht Altdorfer · 1475–1538
Albrecht Altdorfer (c. 1480–1538) was a German painter, printmaker, and draftsman who stands as one of the founders of landscape painting as an independent genre. Born in Regensburg or nearby Altdorf, he learned art from his father Ulrich, a painter and miniaturist. Altdorfer spent most of his life in Regensburg, becoming a citizen in 1505 and later serving as the city's official architect and a m...