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The Paumgartner altarpiece (c. 1500) is an early triptych painting by Albrecht Dürer, commissioned by the Paumgartner family of Nuremberg. The central panel depicts a nativity scene, while the wings depict Saint George (left) and Saint Eustace (right). The saint's faces are donor portraits of the brothers Stephan and Lukas Paumgartner ...
Saint Eustace (Latinized Eustachius or Eustathius, Greek Εὐστάθιος Πλακίδας Eustathios Plakidas) [1] is revered as a Christian martyr. According to legend, he was martyred in AD 118, at the command of emperor Hadrian. Eustace was a pagan Roman general, who converted to Christianity after he had a vision of the cross while hunting.
The Martyrdom of the Ten Thousand is an oil painting by Albrecht Dürer, dating to 1508 and now at the Kunsthistorisches Museum of Vienna, Austria.It is signed on a cartouche which hangs from the artist's self-portrait in the center, saying Iste faciebat Ano Domini 1508 Albertus Dürer Aleman.
Saint Jerome in the Wilderness back side: Heavenly Scene: c. 1496 — Oil on panel (pearwood) 23.1 × 17.4: London, National Gallery : 14–15 Portrait of Elector Frederick the Wise of Saxony: 1496 m lf: Tempera on canvas: 76 × 57: Berlin, Gemäldegalerie, Berlin State Museums (557C) [14] 19 Dresden Altarpiece: 1496: Tempera on canvas: 114 × ...
Dürer was born on 21 May 1471, the third child and second son of Albrecht Dürer the Elder and Barbara Holper, who married in 1467. [5] [6] Albrecht Dürer the Elder (originally Albrecht Ajtósi) was a successful goldsmith who by 1455 had moved to Nuremberg from Ajtós, near Gyula in Hungary. [7]
The Virgin and Child with Saint Anne: 1500–1502: Copper engraving: 116 × 71 mm: B29 St Eustace: 1499–1503: Copper engraving: 359 × 261 mm: B57 The Witch: 1498–1502: Copper engraving: 115 × 71 mm: B67 Three Putti with Trumpets, Shield, and Helmet: 1498–1502: Copper engraving: 114 × 72 mm: B66 Nemesis; or Good Fortune: 1501–1502 ...
Ten thousand martyrs may refer to the ten thousand martyred Fathers in the Deserts and caves of Scete by Theophilus of Alexandria or to the ten thousand martyrs of Mount Ararat who were, according to a medieval legend, Roman soldiers who, led by Saint Acacius, converted to Christianity and were crucified on Mount Ararat by order of the Roman emperor.
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