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Albrecht Altdorfer

On June 25, 2025 - 15th Century, 16th Century, German

Lucas Cranach the Younger

On June 22, 2025 - 16th Century, German, october 4

Tilman Riemenschneider

On May 5, 2025 - 15th Century, 16th Century, German

Tilman Riemenschneider, German woodcarver and sculptor, c. 1460 – July 7, 1531

Tomb Relief of Johannes Trithemius, c 1516 Neumünster, Würzburg, Germany

Two Figures from an Annunciation, c. 1485 - c. 1487 Alabaster, 16 x 16 in // Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Tilman Riemenschneider, Saint Jerome and the Lion (From the former Church of St. Peter in Erfurt), c. 1495 Alabaster, traces of polychromy Cleveland Museum of Art

Saint Jerome and the Lion (From the former Church of St. Peter in Erfurt), c. 1495 Alabaster, traces of polychromy Cleveland Museum of Art

Hans Holbein the Elder

On May 5, 2025 - 15th Century, 16th Century, German

Caspar David Friedrich

On May 5, 2025 - 18th Century, 19th Century, German, September 5

Caspar David Friedrich, German painter, Sep 5, 1774 – May 7, 1840

Owl on a Grave, circa 1836/37 Sepia over pencil, 10.1 in x 8.7 in // Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow

Caspar David Friedrich, Ruined Monastery of Eldena near Greifswald, 1824/25 Oil on canvas, 19.3 x 13.8 in Alte Nationalgalerie, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Germany

Ruined Monastery of Eldena near Greifswald, 1824/25 Oil on canvas, 19.3 x 13.8 in // Alte Nationalgalerie, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Germany

Landscape with Grave, Coffin and Owl, 1836-37 Sepia over pencil, 15 x 15 in // Kunsthalle, Hamburg

Caspar David Friedrich, Coffin at the edge of a grave, second half of 1830s Sepia and brush over graphite pencil on paper, 15.47 in x 15.51 in Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow

Coffin at the edge of a grave, second half of 1830s Sepia and brush over graphite pencil on paper, 15.47 in x 15.51 in // Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow

Caspar David Friedrich, Lady on the Staircase / Caroline on the stairs, circa 1825 Oil on canvas, 28.9 in x 20.4 in Pomeranian State Museum, Greifswald, Germany

Lady on the Staircase / Caroline on the stairs, circa 1825 Oil on canvas, 28.9 in x 20.4 in // Pomeranian State Museum, Greifswald, Germany

Lucas Cranach the Elder

On April 28, 2025 - 15th Century, 16th Century, German

Lucas Cranach the Elder, German painter, 1472-1553

Lucas Cranach the Elder at 77, painted by Lucas Cranach the Younger

Lucas Cranach the Elder, The Princesses Sibylla, Emilia, and Sidonia of Saxony, circa 1535 Oil on lime wood, 24.4 in x 35 in Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

The Princesses Sibylla, Emilia, and Sidonia of Saxony, circa 1535 Oil on lime wood, 24.4 in x 35 in // Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

Portrait of a Man, 1529 Oil on beech wood, 20.1 in x 14 in // Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Brussels

Salome with the Head of Saint John the Baptist, 1530s Oil on poplar, 34.25 x 22.8 in // Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest

Saint Christopher, between 1518 and 1520 Paint on lime, 16.4 × 3.1 in // Detroit Institute of Arts

Portrait of Princess Sibylle of Cleve, 1526 Paint on beech wood, 22.4 x 15.3 in // Schloss Weimar, Germany

Melancholy, 1532 Oil on panel, 20 x 38.1 in // Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen

Portrait of the Elector John Frederic the Magnanimous of Saxony, 1531 Oil on panel, 20 x 14.5 in // Louvre Museum, Paris

Saint Peter, 16th century Oil on panel, 44.4 x 21.2 in // Louvre Museum, Paris

Venus with Amor the Honey Thief, after 1537 Oil on panel, 68.5 x 25.9 in // Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo, Netherlands

The Close of the Silver Age, circa 1530 Oil on oak wood, 19.7 x 14 in // National Gallery, London

Portrait of a Woman, from 1525 until 1527 Oil on panel, 14.1 x 9.8 in // National Gallery, London

Matthias Grünewald

On April 25, 2025 - 15th Century, 16th Century, German

Matthias Grünewald, German Artist, 1470-1528

The Annunciation (detail, Isenheim Altarpiece), c.1515 Oil on wood

Head of a Shouting Man, c.1520 Black chalk on paper, 10.9 x 7.7 in // Kupferstichkabinett Berlin

Young Man with Folded Hands, between 1522 and 1525 Charcoal on paper, 17.16 in x 12.63 in // Kupferstichkabinett Berlin

The Triple Face, c.1525 Chalk on paper, 10.70 in x 7.83 in // Kupferstichkabinett Berlin

Max Ernst

On April 2, 2025 - 20th Century, april 2, German

Max Ernst, German artist, April 2, 1891-April 1, 1976

Punching Ball or the Immortality of Buonarroti (Self-Portrait)

Garden Airplane Trap, 1935–36 Oil on canvas, 21 x 26 in // Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice

Une Semaine de Bonté, Third Book, Tuesday; Element: Fire; Example: The Court of the Dragon, 1933 // Collage-Novel

Ubu Imperator, 1923 Oil on Canvas, 39 x 32 in // Georges Pompidou Center, Paris

Hans Baldung

On March 23, 2025 - 16th Century, German

Hans Baldung (called Hans Baldung Grien), German artist, 1484/85-1545

Self-portrait, 1516 Oil Freiburg Minster, Germany

Portrait of a Lady, circa 1530 Oil on panel, 27.2 in x 20.6 in Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, Madrid

Portrait of a Man, 1514 Oil on lime, 23.3 in x 19.2 in National Gallery, London

Phyllis and Aristotle, 1513 Woodcut, 13 x 9 in

The knight, the Girl and Death, between circa 1498 and circa 1508 Oil on lime panel, 13.9 x 11.6 in // Louvre Museum, Paris

Venus and Amor, between 1524 and 1525 Oil on linden wood, 81.88 x 33.07 in // Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo, Netherlands

Lovis Corinth

On March 20, 2025 - 19th Century, 20th Century, German, july 21

Lovis Corinth, German artist, July 21, 1858 – July 17, 1925

Flower Basket with Amaryllis, Lilac, Roses and Tulips, 1914 Oil on canvas, 43 in x 54.6 in Private Collection

Portrait of Mrs Kauman, 1911 Oil on canvas, 38.9 in x 47.2 in Kunsthalle zu Kiel, Germany

Self-portrait with Skeleton, 1896 Oil on canvas, 26.7 in x 34.6 in Lenbachhaus, Munich

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