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Hans Burgkmair the Elder

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Portrait of Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor (1415-1493)

Painting of the Nativity: Mary holds the infant Christ while Joseph offers grapes, with columns, an ox, and a mountain valley

The birth of Christ

1511

Arched altarpiece with six panels: saints, a seated bishop before a basilica, Nativity scene, and landscape narratives.

Basilica San Pietro

1501

Gothic-arched altarpiece with gilded tracery showing multiple New Testament scenes of martyrdom, teaching and a central churc

Basilica San Giovanni in Laterano

1502

Gothic altarpiece with central Crucifixion scene, mourners and soldiers, flanked by panels of ships and figures in a Gothic t

Basilica Santa Croce

1504

Painting of Mary reading a book beside the nude infant Christ, with a garden and hilly landscape behind them.

Maria with the child

1509

Half-length portrait of a young man with curly blond hair and black hat holding a sprig of flowers, 1505.

Porträt des Hans Schellenberger, Text im Hintergrund: "25 Iar war ich alt da het ich die Gestalt 1505"

1505

Painting of Esther kneeling before a seated king in an ornate palace hall, with courtiers in turbans and a street scene beyon

Die Geschichte der Esther

1528

Portrait of a woman in black gown with gold chain and patterned gold headdress, holding flowers beside a stone pillar.

Bildnis der Barbara Schellenberger, geborene Ehem

1507

Saint John the Evangelist holding a chalice in an arched colonnade with a distant blue landscape, painted in 1518.

Johannesaltar, Flügelaußenseite: Hl. Johannes der Evangelist

1518

Painting of Saint John the Baptist in a green cloak with a lamb, staff and halo, before classical columns and an arch.

Johannesaltar, Flügelaußenseite: Hl. Johannes der Täufer

1518

Half-length portrait of an older man in a black hat and robe against a blue background, gazing to the side.

Johann Geiler von Kaysersberg

1490

Woodcut of a winged skeleton above a fallen couple in an arcaded Renaissance street, with a helmet on the floor.

Lovers Surprised by Death

1510

Pen drawing of an enthroned Madonna and Child with Saint Christopher, two angels, and two kneeling donors.

Thronende Madonna mit dem Heiligen Christophorus, zwei Engeln und zwei Stiftern

1503

Woodcut of a crowned effigy lying on a tomb in a vaulted chamber, with candles, draped banners, and heraldic shields.

Gruftblatt, plate 24 from Historical Scenes from the Life of Emperor Maximilian I from the Triumphal Arch

1515-17, printed c. 1520

Pen and grey wash drawing of two women greeting under a stone arch, with a turbaned man watching at left.

The Visitation

1488

Portrait of an unknown man wearing a sheepskin hat

1520

Pencil drawing of a child's head facing forward, with curly hair sketched above and light modelling on a yellowed sheet.

Head of a child

1520

Ink and wash drawing of a standing feathered figure holding a club and a decorated shield against a dark background.

Standing black youth dressed holding a club and shield

1520

Pen drawing of five laurel-crowned musicians playing lutes and a viol on an ornate decorated cart with scrolls and lion masks

Five musicians

Woodcut of an archbishop blessing a swaddled infant among richly dressed courtiers in an arched Renaissance interior.

The Archbishop Blessing the Child after the Baptism

Blue-toned woodcut of an armored rider on a decorated horse before an eagle banner and Renaissance columns, 1508.

Equestrian Portrait of the Emperor Maximilian

1508

Woodcut of a crowned king in a fur robe receiving a messenger in a columned hall, with an armored guard at right.

A Message Concerning the White King's Marriage

Woodcut of a woman in an elaborate dress cutting the hair of a sleeping bearded man in a forest setting.

Samson and Delilah

Hand-colored woodcut of the crucified Christ with the Virgin Mary and Saint John standing on either side, with Latin text bel

Christ on the Cross with the Virgin and Saint John

Hand-colored woodcut of three haloed saints in bishop's robes with croziers, heraldic shields below, and a Gothic floral bord

Saint Valentine, Saint Stephen and Saint Maximilian

1498

Woodcut of Saint Luke painting the Virgin and Child beneath classical columns, with an easel and angels in the scene.

Saint Luke Painting the Portrait of the Virgin

1507

Woodcut of a crowned king at a city gate with spear guards, facing a group of envoys approaching along a path.

The Swiss Embassy against the Blue King

Woodcut of an elderly bearded man kneeling beside a woman in a tall headdress, with a figure on a pedestal at right.

Solomon's Idolatry

1519

Reddish-brown woodcut of a winged figure beside a fallen man before ornate Renaissance architecture with arches and a skull r

The Lovers Surprised by Death

Woodcut of Bathsheba bathing at a fountain in a walled city, attended by two maidservants, with an arched gateway behind.

Bathsheba at Her Bath

1519

Woodcut portrait of a laureate man in fur-trimmed robe with books, Latin scrolls, and putti, 1507.

Conrad Celtis

1507

Woodcut of a double-headed imperial eagle with medallions of the arts, nine muses, and allegorical figures beneath crowns.

The Imperial Eagle

1507

Woodcut of a walled city under siege, with military tents, soldiers, cannons, horses and smoke in the foreground.

The Battle of Padua

Woodcut of the Holy Family with Saint Anne and Saint Joachim, a dove and angels in clouds above the figures.

The Holy Family with Saint Anne and Saint Joachim

1512