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Albrecht Dürer's Landauer Altarpiece, completed in 1511, is also known as the All Saints Picture or Allerheiligenbild and is now in the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna. Commissioned by the merchant Matthäus Landauer for the chapel of a charitable residence in Nuremberg, it depicts the Trinity adored by a vast assembly of saints and blessed souls. Dürer's ordered celestial hierarchy, detailed portraits, rich color, and self-portrait at the lower right connect German devotional art with Renaissance ideas of proportion and authorship.
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Why is Dürer's Landauer Altarpiece also called the All Saints Picture?
The painting gathers the Trinity, the Virgin, saints, angels, clergy, rulers, and ordinary worshippers into a vision of universal adoration. Its German title, Allerheiligenbild, likewise refers to All Saints.
Who commissioned the Landauer Altarpiece?
The Nuremberg merchant Matthäus Landauer commissioned it for the chapel of the Twelve Brothers' House, a charitable residence he founded for elderly craftsmen. Landauer appears among the worshippers in the painting.
Did Albrecht Dürer include himself in the Landauer Altarpiece?
Yes. Dürer stands alone near the lower right edge, holding an inscription panel that identifies him and dates the work to 1511.
Where are the Landauer Altarpiece and its frame now?
The painting is in the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna. Dürer also designed an elaborate Renaissance frame for it, although the original frame is preserved separately in Nuremberg.
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