The Battle of Alexander at Issus
Albrecht Altdorfer · 1529
Why it's great
Thousands of tiny soldiers fight under a stormy sky, with the sun setting over a huge landscape of mountains and the sea. Albrecht Altdorfer painted it in 1529, and the famous battle was fought more than 1,800 years earlier.
Where to see it
📍 Alte Pinakothek, upper floor, gallery IMaxvorstadt, Germany
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Albrecht Altdorfer was a German painter born near Nuremberg in about 1480 who lived in Regensburg, where he also served as a city councilor and architect. He was one of the first European artists to make landscapes the main subject of his pictures. He died in Regensburg in 1538.
