Tour: German Painting and Sculpture in the Late 1400s and 1500s

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Overview

The early sixteenth century saw a great flowering of German culture as artists in several different regions either absorbed Renaissance naturalism or continued to develop the emotional qualities of Gothic painting from the Middle Ages. Scientific inquiry and spiritual mysticism coexisted. Despite their variety, the paintings and sculpture in this tour are united by an attention to minute detail and technical expertise.

Captions

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1	Workshop of Albrecht Altdorfer, The Rule of Bacchus [left panel], c. 1535
2	Lucas Cranach the Elder, The Nymph of the Spring, after 1537
3	Lucas Cranach the Elder, Madonna and Child, probably c. 1535 or after
4	Lucas Cranach the Elder, The Crucifixion with the Converted Centurion, 1536
5	Albrecht Dürer, Madonna and Child [obverse], c. 1496/1499
6	Albrecht Dürer, Portrait of a Clergyman (Johann Dorsch?), 1516
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7	Matthias Grünewald, The Small Crucifixion, c. 1511/1520
8	Hans Holbein the Younger, Sir Brian Tuke, c. 1527/1528 or c. 1532/1534
9	Hans Holbein the Younger, Edward VI as a Child, probably 1538
10	Hans Leonard Schäufelein, Portrait of a Man, c. 1507
11	Hans Mielich, A Member of the Fröschl Family, c. 1539/1540
12	Tilman Riemenschneider, A Bishop Saint (Burchard of Würzburg?), c. 1515/1520