Forest creatures.
The Critics: Arts Very little is known about Albrecht Altdorfer (1480-1538), the painter of St George and the Dragon, a small and deeply enigmatic picture dating from 1510. Altdorfer's familiarity with this old tradition is given credence by the tiny size of the St George - it is just 11 inches high...
| Publicado en: | New Statesman Vol. 149; no. 5519; pp. 52 - 54 |
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