Alte Pinakothek 2

The Battle of Issus (1529), Albrecht Altdorfer (1482-1538)

      The battle between Alexander the Great and the Persian King Darius III at Issus in 333 B.C. signalled the end of the Persian advance. Altdorfer has chosen to show the decisive moment: Alexander has won and Darius has turned to flee. This painting is part of the cycle of history paintings for the Munich Residence, commissioned by Duke Wilhelm IV of Bavaria and his wife Jacobaea of Baden

Apostles by Albrecht Durer



The Tempi Madonna is an oil painting by the Italian High Renaissance painter Raphael. Painted for the Tempi family, it was bought by Ludwig I of Bavaria in 1829. It is thought to have been made in 1508, at the end of the artist's Florentine period