Albrecht Altdorfer art links 

Albrecht Altdorfer: The Battle of Alexander at Issus, 1529
Source: Wikimedia Commons (see "image archives" below)

Original works by Albrecht Altdorfer available for purchase at art galleries worldwide
 
 

Alte Pinakothek, Munich, Germany

Art Institute of Chicago   NEW!

Dallas Museum of Art, Texas   NEW!
(There is a "Download" link for zooming in on some works, but confusingly this may take a while to become active)

Albrecht Altdorfer at the Detroit Institute of Arts, Michigan
Madonna with the Blessing Child, 1515

Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco   NEW!
Many works online

Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg, Russia
St Jerome in the Cave, 1513-15
Madonna and Child Giving a Benedection to Nature, ca.1515

J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
Christ Carrying the Cross, 1510

Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
2 paintings online; see the "Germany" section

Kunsthistorisches Museum Databank, Vienna (in German)  

Albrecht Altdorfer at the Louvre Museum, Paris
Departure for the Sabbath, 1506

Louvre Museum Graphic Art Database, Paris (in French)  

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City   NEW!  

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston   NEW!

National Gallery, London, UK
Christ taking Leave of his Mother
Landscape with a Footbridge

National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.   NEW!
Includes a biography of the artist

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam   NEW!

Städel Museum, Frankfurt, Germany
The Adoration of the Magi

Baltimore Museum of Art, Maryland
Landscape with Large Pine is by Altdorfer. If you click on the "compare" link, you can zoom in on the print.

Block Museum of Art at Northwestern University, Illinois
6 works online (Note that this site opens each work in a new window)

Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio

Drawings from the Biblioteca Ambrosiana, Milan

Frick Collection, New York City   NEW!
Mercenary Foot Soldier

Harvard University Art Museums, Massachusetts
Harvard have works in their collections, but unfortunately you have to type in the search yourself

Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow, Scotland
Lovers seated in a wood, 1511

Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indiana

Kunstmuseum Basel, Switzerland

Los Angeles County Museum of Art   NEW!

Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minnesota  

Museumslandschaft Hessen, Germany (in German)  

National Gallery of Victoria, Australia
Satyr attacking a nymph, himself being attacked

Philadelphia Museum of Art   NEW!

Pomona College Museum of Art, California
Click on "View objects by this artist"

Princeton University Art Museum, New Jersey

Schleswig-Holstein Museums, Germany
5 works online

Statens Museum for Kunst (National Gallery of Denmark), Copenhagen
Click "English" at the top right to switch the default language, then click "Search"

The Albertina Graphic Art Databank, Vienna (in German)  

Albrecht Altdorfer at the The British Museum, London, UK

Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, Madrid   NEW!
(Images are zoomable; click on the "expand" icon below the detail image)

Vejle Kunstmuseum, Denmark (in Danish)  

 
National Art Databases and Museum Inventories:

Art Fund for UK Museums
3 works online when last checked

 

Christie's Past Sale Archive
(database goes as far back as 1991; images go about as far back as 1999)

Sotheby's Sold Lot Archive
(database goes as far back as 1998; images where permitted by copyright go about as far back as 2001)

 

Google Art Project
Christ taking Leave of his Mother (National Gallery, London)

Google Art Project
Landscape with a Footbridge (National Gallery, London)

Albrecht Altdorfer at The Art Renewal Center

Albrecht Altdorfer at The Artchive  

Albrecht Altdorfer at The Athenaeum  
3 works online by Altdorfer

Albrecht Altdorfer in the Web Gallery of Art  

Albrecht Altdorfer in the WebMuseum  

Wikimedia Commons Image Database  

Bildindex der Kunst und Architektur (in German)  
(a welcome screen is displayed for a couple of seconds before the search results appear)

California State University WorldImages Database  

CGFA  

Ciudad de la Pintura (in Spanish)  

El Poder de la Palabra (The Power of the Word) (in Spanish)  

Humanities Web  

Olga's Gallery

RKD Netherlands Imagebase   NEW!
Eclectic database of images that range from old black-and-white photos to superb, zoomable reproductions

State Hermitage Museum Unofficial Site

University of Leipzig, Germany  

USC Annenberg School for Communication

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Jacques-Edouard Berger Foundation

 

Encyclopedia Britannica complete article on Albrecht Altdorfer  
Note: The full version of the article is available only if you follow this link. If you bookmark the article and return later, or if you navigate directly to the Britannica website, you will see a 100-word preview only. Troubleshooting

RKD Netherlands Institute for Art History  

Union List of Artist Names (Getty Museum)  
Reference sheet with basic information about the artist and pointers to other references.

Wikipedia, the "Open Content" Encyclopedia
Biographical info

"Look Inside" and "Search Inside" Books at Amazon Look Inside Books: Selections from the books listed below are scanned in, in high res. Text is clearly readable and art reproductions vary from so-so to excellent. Don't miss the fact that you can usually zoom in via the "View" drop-down menu, along the top row of Amazon's Online Reader.              Search Inside Books: Same as "Look Inside", except that the entire book is scanned in, and the text is fully searchable. This is an unbelievable resource, for research and especially for previewing a book when making the decision to buy. Note: Some "Search Inside" features are limited to people signed in to an account which has previously made a purchase at Amazon.   search inside Albrecht Altdorfer and the Origins of Landscape