Wölfflin chapter 1 Linear and painterly
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Hans Holbein (the elder) (b. 1460/65, Augsburg, d. 1524, Isenheim)
1511
Ambrosius and Hans Holbein
Staatliche Museen, Berlin
Silverpoint on white-coated paper 10.3*15.5 cm
"Prosy" and "Hanns," wrote Holbein the Elder over the heads of his two youthful sons: Hans is on the right, his elder brother Ambrosius is on the left.
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Hans Holbein (the younger) (b. 1497, Augsburg, d. 1543, London)
Back view of a naked child
Staatliche Kunstsammlungen, Dresden
Silverpoint on white-coated paper 9.8*5.2 cm
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Matthias Grunewald (b. 1470/80, Würzburg, d. 1528, Halle)
1511
Study of an Apostle
Staatliche Kunstsammlungen, Dresden
Chalk on brownish paper 14.8*26.3 cm
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Andrea del Sarto (b. 1486, Florence, d. 1530, Florence)
1523
The Sacrifice of Abraham
Gemäldegalerie, Dresden
Poplar 213*159 cm
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Giorgione (b. 1477, Castelfranco, d. 1510, Venice)
1510
Sleeping Venus
Gemäldegalerie, Dresden
Oil on canvas, 108.5*175 cm
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Raphael (b. 1483, Urbino, d. 1520, Rome)
1513-14
The Sistine Madonna
Gemäldegalerie, Dresden
Oil on canvas, 265*196 cm
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Correggio (b. ca. 1490, Correggio, d. 1534, Correggio)
1528
The Nativity
Gemäldegalerie, Dresden
Oil on canvas 256.5*188 cm
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El Greco (b. 1541, Candia, d. 1614, Toledo)
1570
Christ Healing the Blind
Gemäldegalerie, Dresden
Oil on wood 66*84 cm
El Greco revisited the subject twice. One version (c. 1571) is in Parma (Pinacoteca) and the final version (c. 1577) is in New York (Metropolitan Museum).
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Francesco Guardi (b. 1712, Venice, d. 1793, Venice)
1765
The Torre del'Orologio
Akademie der bildenden Künste, Vienna
Oil on canvas 62.5*89.4 cm
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Francesco Goya (b. 1746, Fuendetodos, d. 1828, Bordeaux)
1810
Procession in Valencia
Stiftung Sammlung E.G. Bührle, Zurich
Oil on canvas 105.5*126 cm
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