Albrecht Altdorfer
E171483
Albrecht Altdorfer was a German painter, printmaker, and architect renowned as a pioneer of pure landscape painting and a leading figure of the Danube School during the Northern Renaissance.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Albrecht Altdorfer canonical | 5 |
| Altdorfer | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1435655 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Albrecht Altdorfer Context triple: [Northern Renaissance, hasNotableArtist, Albrecht Altdorfer]
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A.
Matthias Grünewald
Matthias Grünewald was a German painter renowned for his intensely emotional and expressive religious works, most famously the Isenheim Altarpiece, which stand out within the Northern Renaissance for their dramatic color and visionary imagery.
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B.
Hans Burgkmair the Elder
Hans Burgkmair the Elder was a prominent German Renaissance painter and printmaker known for his innovative woodcuts and contributions to early book illustration in Augsburg.
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C.
Albrecht Dürer
Albrecht Dürer was a German Renaissance artist renowned for his masterful engravings, woodcuts, and paintings that combined Northern detail with Italian humanist influences.
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D.
Lucas Cranach the Elder
Lucas Cranach the Elder was a leading German painter and printmaker of the Northern Renaissance, renowned for his portraits of Protestant reformers and his distinctive, graceful depictions of biblical and mythological subjects.
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E.
Leonaert Bramer
Leonaert Bramer was a Dutch Golden Age painter from Delft known for his atmospheric history paintings and distinctive use of dramatic light and shadow.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Albrecht Altdorfer Target entity description: Albrecht Altdorfer was a German painter, printmaker, and architect renowned as a pioneer of pure landscape painting and a leading figure of the Danube School during the Northern Renaissance.
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A.
Matthias Grünewald
Matthias Grünewald was a German painter renowned for his intensely emotional and expressive religious works, most famously the Isenheim Altarpiece, which stand out within the Northern Renaissance for their dramatic color and visionary imagery.
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B.
Hans Burgkmair the Elder
Hans Burgkmair the Elder was a prominent German Renaissance painter and printmaker known for his innovative woodcuts and contributions to early book illustration in Augsburg.
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C.
Albrecht Dürer
Albrecht Dürer was a German Renaissance artist renowned for his masterful engravings, woodcuts, and paintings that combined Northern detail with Italian humanist influences.
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D.
Lucas Cranach the Elder
Lucas Cranach the Elder was a leading German painter and printmaker of the Northern Renaissance, renowned for his portraits of Protestant reformers and his distinctive, graceful depictions of biblical and mythological subjects.
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E.
Leonaert Bramer
Leonaert Bramer was a Dutch Golden Age painter from Delft known for his atmospheric history paintings and distinctive use of dramatic light and shadow.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
German artist
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Northern Renaissance artist ⓘ architect ⓘ human ⓘ painter ⓘ printmaker ⓘ |
| activeInPeriod | early 16th century ⓘ |
| artisticSchool | Danube School ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Regensburg ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Duchy of Bavaria
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Holy Roman Empire ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | German ⓘ |
| familyName |
Albrecht Altdorfer
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Altdorfer
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| fieldOfWork |
architecture
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painting ⓘ printmaking ⓘ |
| genre |
history painting
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landscape painting ⓘ religious painting ⓘ |
| givenName | Albrecht ⓘ |
| influenced |
Caspar David Friedrich
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Peter Paul Rubens ⓘ Romantic landscape painters ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Albrecht Dürer ⓘ |
| movement |
Danube School
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Northern Renaissance ⓘ |
| name | Albrecht Altdorfer self-link ⓘ |
| notableFor | pioneering pure landscape painting ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Danube Landscape near Regensburg
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Landscape with Footbridge ⓘ Regensburg synagogue paintings ⓘ Saint George and the Dragon ⓘ
surface form:
St. George and the Dragon
Battle of Issus ⓘ
surface form:
The Battle of Alexander at Issus
Birth of the Virgin Mary ⓘ
surface form:
The Birth of the Virgin
Susanna and the Elders ⓘ
surface form:
The Susanna and the Elders
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| partOf | Northern Renaissance ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
city architect of Regensburg
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member of the city council of Regensburg ⓘ |
| style |
dense forest scenes
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dramatic lighting ⓘ expressive landscape ⓘ |
| subjectOf | art historical research on early landscape painting ⓘ |
| technique |
etching
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oil on panel ⓘ woodcut ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Passau
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Regensburg ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Albrecht Altdorfer Description of subject: Albrecht Altdorfer was a German painter, printmaker, and architect renowned as a pioneer of pure landscape painting and a leading figure of the Danube School during the Northern Renaissance.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Altdorfer