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Hans Burgkmair, the Elder: Quick Facts

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Born 1473 • Augsburg • Germany
Died c.1531
Movement / Style Renaissance art • Renaissance
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Albrecht Dürer
German artist
Baldung, Hans: Three Kings Altarpiece
Hans Baldung
German artist
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Lucas Cranach, the Elder
German painter
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner: Still Life with Jug and African Bowl
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
German artist
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Hokusai
Japanese artist
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Leonard Baskin
American sculptor
Utamaro: Woman Wiping Sweat
Utamaro
Japanese artist
Okumura Masanobu: woodcut of Sugawara Michizane
Okumura Masanobu
Japanese artist
Amman, Jost: The Miner
Jost Amman
Swiss-born painter and printmaker
Macbeth and Banquo encounter the Three Witches, illustration by John Gilbert for an edition of Shakespeare's works, 1858–60.
Sir John Gilbert
British painter
Utagawa Kunisada
Utagawa Kunisada
Japanese artist
Self-portrait of Leonardo da Vinci drawn in red chalk, showing an elderly man with long hair and a flowing beard, with a serious, contemplative expression.
Leonardo da Vinci
Italian artist, engineer, and scientist
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Lucas van Leyden
Dutch artist
Sigismund Gonzaga Myszkowski
Egidius Sadeler, II
Flemish engraver and painter
Hans Holbein the Younger: The Ambassadors
Hans Holbein the Younger
German painter
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Adolf von Menzel
German painter
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Matthäus Merian
Swiss artist [1593-1650]
Schnorr von Carolsfeld, Julius: Ruth and Boas
Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld
German painter
Saint Anne with the Virgin and Child
Michael Wolgemut
German artist
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Theodor de Bry
Flemish-German engraver