he final result is re-markably broad in effect.Altdorfer treats bibli-cal scenes (fig. 50) asthough they belongedto everyday life, withoriginality and sym-pathy. He shows us aHoly Family with the Virgin laying her child in thecradle, while St. Anna looks on with grandmotherlyaffection. Solomons… … Fig. 50. Albrecht Altdorfer: TheHoi}- Family. ALBRECHT ALTDORFER 115 into a unified whole, always pleasing in its fresh imaginationand its charm of execution. Answering also to his fan-tastic imagination is his love of strange effects of light,shown in the St. Christopher striding through the…
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