The Resurrection
1518 | Albrecht Altdorfer
The Resurrection and Entombment (Inv. No. GG 6427) are from the predella (base) of the large winged altar at the Abbey of St. Florian in Upper Austria, which is Altdorfer’s principal work. Both have a similar composition with a view from a dark, rocky cave of a group of figures and a landscape. Drama in the scene is created by the blazing light emanating from Christ. The mirroring in nature of the dramatic content of the narrative is characteristic of the Danube school.
The Resurrection and Entombment (Inv. No. GG 6427) are from the predella (base) of the large winged altar at the Abbey of St. Florian in Upper Austria, which is Altdorfer’s principal work. Both have a similar composition with a view from a dark, rocky cave of a group of figures and a landscape. Drama in the scene is created by the blazing light emanating from Christ. The mirroring in nature of the dramatic content of the narrative is characteristic of the Danube school.
Artist:
Albrecht Altdorfer (um 1480 - 1538 Regensburg) DNB
Time:
1518
Object Name
Painting
Culture
German
Material/technology:
spruce wood
Dimensions:
70,5 x 37
Framed: 83 x 50 x 3 cm
Inscribed
rechts oben die vielleicht später aufgemalte Jahreszahl 1518
Copyright
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Gemäldegalerie
Invs.
Gemäldegalerie, 6796
Provenance
outside of the left predella wing of the Sebastian altar, which was donated by Probst Peter Maurer in 1508 for the collegiate church of St. Florian; acquired from 1930 from St. Florian's monastery