Northern Renaissance Art

William V. Ganis, PhD

Germanic Art

Matthias Grünewald

Isenheim Altarpiece (closed)

ca. 1510-15oil on panelcenter panel, 9 ft. 9 1/2 in. x 10 ft. 9 in.

Matthias Grünewald

Isenheim Altarpiece (Crucifixion)

ca. 1510-15oil on panelcenter panel, 9 ft. 9 1/2 in. x 10 ft. 9 in.

Matthias Grünewald

Isenheim Altarpiece (Crucifixion)

ca. 1510-15oil on panelcenter panel, 9 ft. 9 1/2 in. x 10 ft. 9 in.

Matthias Grünewald

Isenheim Altarpiece (open)

ca. 1510-15oil on panelcenter panel, 9 ft. 9 1/2 in. x 10 ft. 9 in.

Matthias Grünewald

Isenheim Altarpiece (Resurrection)

ca. 1510-15oil on panelwing, 8 ft. 2 1/2 in. x 3 ft. 1/2 in.

Matthias Grünewald

Isenheim Altarpiece (fully open)

ca. 1510-15oil on panelcenter panel, 9 ft. 9 1/2 in. x 10 ft. 9 in.

Matthias Grünewald

Isenheim Altarpiece (Meeting of Saints Anthony and Paul)

ca. 1510-15oil on panelwing, 8 ft. 2 1/2 in. x 3 ft. 1/2 in.

Matthias Grünewald

Isenheim Altarpiece (Temptation of Saint Anthony)

ca. 1510-15oil on panelwing, 8 ft. 2 1/2 in. x 3 ft. 1/2 in.

Protestant Germanic Art

Pieter Saenredam

Interior of the Choir of Saint Bavo’s Church at Haarlem

1660oil on panel27 11/16 in. x 21 9/16 in.

Lucas Cranach the Elder

Allegory of Law and Grace

ca. 1530woodcut10 5/8 x 12 3/4 in.

Albrecht Dürer

Self-Portrait

1498oil on board20 1/2 in. x 16 1/8 in.

Albrecht Dürer

Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse

ca. 1498woodcut15 1/4 x 11 in.

Albrecht Dürer

Saint Michael

1498woodcut15 x 11 1/8 in.

Albrecht Dürer

Last Supper

1523woodcut8 3/8 x 11 13/16 in.

Albrecht Dürer

Four Apostles

1526oil on paneleach panel 7 ft. 1 in. x 2 ft. 6 in.

Albrecht Dürer

Philipp Melanchthon

1526engraving6 7/8 x 5 1/16 in.

Albrecht Dürer

The Fall of Man

1504engraving9 7/8 x 7 5/8 in.

Albrecht Dürer

The Great Piece of Turf

1503watercolor16 x 12 1/2 in.

Albrecht Dürer

The Hare

1502watercolor and gouache on paper25 x 23 cm

Albrecht Dürer

Knight, Death and the Devil

1513engraving9 5/8 x 7 3/8 in.

Albrecht Altdorfer

The Battle of Issus

1529oil on panel4 ft. 4 1/4 in. x 3 ft. 11 1/4 in.

Albrecht Altdorfer

The Battle of Issus

1529oil on panel4 ft. 4 1/4 in. x 3 ft. 11 1/4 in.

Albrecht Altdorfer

The Battle of Issus

1529oil on panel4 ft. 4 1/4 in. x 3 ft. 11 1/4 in.

Hans Holbein the Younger

The French Ambassadors

1533oil and tempera on panel6 ft. 8 in. x 6 ft. 9 1/2 in.

Hans Holbein the Younger

The French Ambassadors

1533oil and tempera on panel6 ft. 8 in. x 6 ft. 9 1/2 in.

Hans Holbein the Younger

The French Ambassadors

1533oil and tempera on panel6 ft. 8 in. x 6 ft. 9 1/2 in.

French Art

Jean Clouet

Francis I

1525-30oil and tempera on panel3 ft. 2 in. x 2 ft. 5 in.

Jean Clouet

Francis I

1525-30oil and tempera on panel3 ft. 2 in. x 2 ft. 5 in.

Rosso Fiorentino and Francesco Primaticcio

Gallery of King Francis I

Fontainebleau, France

ca. 1530-40

Château de Chambord

Chambord, France

begun 1519

Château de Chambord

Chambord, France

begun 1519

Pierre Lescot and Jean Goujon

west façade of the Square CourtLouvre

Paris, France

begun 1546

Pierre Lescot and Jean Goujon

west façade of the Square CourtLouvre

Paris, France

begun 1546

Jean Goujon

Nymphs from the dismantled Fountain of the Innocents

Paris, France

1548-1549marble reliefseach 6 ft. 4 3/4 in. x 2 ft. 4 3/4 in.

Jean Goujon

Nymphs from the reconstructed Fountain of the Innocents

Paris, France

1548-1549marble reliefseach 6 ft. 4 3/4 in. x 2 ft. 4 3/4 in.

Netherlandish Art

Jan Gossaert (Mabuse)

Neptune and Amphitrite

ca. 1516oil on panel7 ft. 2 in. x 4 ft. 1 in.

Quentin Massys

Money-Changer and His Wife

1514oil on panel7 ft. 3 3/4 in. x 2 ft. 2 3/8 in.

Quentin Massys

Money-Changer and His Wife

1514oil on panel7 ft. 3 3/4 in. x 2 ft. 2 3/8 in.

Pieter Aertsen

Meat Still-Life

1551oil on panel4 ft. 3/8 in. x 6 ft. 5 3/4 in.

Pieter Aertsen

Meat Still-Life

1551oil on panel4 ft. 3/8 in. x 6 ft. 5 3/4 in.

Caterina van Hemessen

Self-Portrait

1548oil on panel12 3/4 x 9 7/8 in.

Levina Teerlinc

Elizabeth I as a Princess

ca. 1559oil on oak panel3 ft. 6 3/4 x 2 ft. 8 1/4 in.

Pieter Breugel the Elder

Hunters in the Snow

1565oil on panel3 ft. 10 in. x 5 ft. 4 in.

Pieter Breugel the Elder

Netherlandish Proverbs

1559oil on panel3 ft. 10 in. x 5 ft. 4 1/8 in.

Pieter Breughel “the Elder”

The Triumph of Death

ca. 1562oil on board46 x 63 3/4 in.

Pieter Breughel “the Elder”

The Triumph of Death

ca. 1562 oil on board46 x 63 3/4 in.

Spanish Art

Colegio de San Gregorio

Valladolid, Spain

ca. 1498

Pedro Machucha

courtyard of the palace of Charles V

Alhambra, Granada, Spain

ca. 1526-1568

Juan de Herrera

Escorial

near Madrid, Spain

ca. 1563-1584

Juan de Herrera

Escorial

near Madrid, Spain

ca. 1563-1584

Juan de Herrera

Escorial

near Madrid, Spain

ca. 1563-1584

El Greco (Domenikos Theotokopoulous)

The Burial of Count Orgaz

1586oil on canvas16 x 12 ft.

El Greco (Domenikos Theotokopoulous)

View of Toledo

1586oil on canvas47 3/4 x 42 3/4 in.

El Greco (Domenikos Theotokopoulous)

Mary Magdalene in Penitence

1577oil on canvas42 1/2 x 39 7/8 in.