Albrecht Altdorfer and the Danube Landscape

Albrecht Altdorfer

A German Renaissance painter, printmaker, architect, and city builder. Along with Wolf Huber and others, he was a key figure of the Danube School, treating natural scenery as a primary subject in the backgrounds of religious and historical paintings, while also creating pure landscape art with virtually no human figures. He is also known for small, intricate prints influenced by Albrecht Dürer. In Regensburg, he served as a city councilor and city architect, engaging in urban building projects and city defense.

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Year	Albrecht Altdorfer
1480	Birth of Albrecht Altdorfer (Period: Circa 1480 (exact date of birth unknown), Location: Regensburg (Germany) is the most widely accepted theory, though another theory points to Altdorf near Landshut)
1505	Acquisition of Regensburg Citizenship (Albrecht Altdorfer, Age: 25 years old, Period: 1505, Location: Regensburg)
1506	Production of Early Signed Works (Age: 26 years old, Period: Around 1506, Location: Regensburg)
1511	Travel to the Alps and Interest in Landscapes (Albrecht Altdorfer, Age: 31 years old, Period: Around 1511 or earlier, Location: From the Danube Basin to the Alpine Region)
1513	Commissions from the Court of Emperor Maximilian I (Albrecht Altdorfer, Age: 33 years old, Period: Around 1513 onwards, Location: Innsbruck (Austria), etc.) Marriage (Albrecht Altdorfer, Anna, Age: 33 years old, Period: Married by 1513, Location: Presumed to be Regensburg, but the exact location is unknown)
1517	Participation in the Foreign Affairs Council of Regensburg (Albrecht Altdorfer, Age: 37 years old, Period: Around 1517–1519, Location: Regensburg)
1519	Expulsion of Jews and Destruction of the Synagogue in Regensburg (Age: 39 years old, Period: 1519, Location: Regensburg)
1526	Involvement in Architectural Projects in Regensburg (Age: 46 years old, Period: Around 1526–1527, Location: Regensburg)
1528	Production of "The Battle of Alexander at Issus" (Age: 48 years old, Period: 1528–1529, Location: Created in Regensburg, currently in Alte Pinakothek, Munich) Decline of the Appointment as Mayor of Regensburg (Albrecht Altdorfer, Age: 48 years old, Period: September 15, 1528, Location: Regensburg)
1529	Ottoman–Habsburg Wars (Age: 49 years old, Period: 1566, Location: Kingdom of Hungary, Austrian border region, etc.) Reinforcement of Regensburg City Wall Defenses (Age: 49 years old, Period: 1529–1530, Location: Regensburg)
1532	Marriage (Age: 52 years old, Period: July 27, 1532, Location: Regensburg)
1533	Reformation and Protestantization of Regensburg (Age: 53 years old, Period: 1533, Location: Regensburg)
1534	Appointment as Administrator of the Augustinian Monastery (Albrecht Altdorfer, Age: 54 years old, Period: Around 1534, Location: Regensburg)
1535	Dispatch of the Regensburg Delegation to Vienna (Age: 55 years old, Period: 1535, Location: From Regensburg to Vienna (Austria))
1538	Death of Albrecht Altdorfer (Age: 58 years old, Period: February 12, 1538)

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Holy Roman Emperor	Maximilian von Habsburg Karl von Habsburg Ferdinand von Habsburg Rudolf von Habsburg Maria von Habsburg Maria von Spanien
German Reformation	Martin Luther Philip Melanchthon Andreas Karlstadt Thomas Müntzer Martin Bucer Johannes Oecolampadius Georg Spalatin
German Renaissance Art	Albrecht Dürer Hans Holbein Lucas Maler Lucas Sunder Albrecht Altdorfer Matthias Grünewald
Polish Science	Nicolaus Copernicus Marcin Bylica Jan Łaski Jan Kanty Broziński

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