ALTDORFER, Albrecht
(b. ca. 1480, Regensburg, d. 1538, Regensburg)

Loth and his Daughters

1537
Oil on limewood, 107,5 x 189 cm
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

Albrecht Altdorfer was one of the great German masters of the 16th century. Although remaining within the orbit of Dürer's influence, Altdorfer began a trend in painting which focused on the representation of nature, which he interpreted - in an almost Romantic style - as something living and moving. This development became known as the Danube school and Altdorfer was its principal representative.