Martyrium des heiligen Florian

Initially, this panel was part of a multi paneled altar with scenes from the legend of St Florian. The other panels are on display in Uffizi in Florence, Italy and in the Germanisches Nationalmuseum in Nürnberg, Germany. The artist, who was an excellent landscape painter, ranks among the outstanding artists of the Danube School in 1500 he became a citizen of Regensburg and received an immense property As a member of the town council and as the commissioner of public structures Altdorfer designed some of the utilitarian buildings in the city His most remarkable work is a large altarpiece in the St Florian Monastery in Upper Austria, from were origins also the exhibited panel. Arguably Altdorfer's most illustrious painting depicts the Battle of Alexander the Great and was created for the Duke of Bavaria Wilhelm IV. In 1515 the artist served the Roman Emperor Maximilian 1