| − | '''German Painting''' had its roots in [[Paris]], the intellectual centre of [[Europe]], and [[Italy]]. Konrad Witz (c. 1400 - before 1447), Martin Schongauer (c. 1450 - 1491), Matthias Grünewald (c. 1470 - 1528), Hans Holbein the Elder, a Northern [[The Renaissance|Renaissance]] Painter, (ca. 1465 - 1524) and his son [[Hans Holbein the Younger]] (1497 - 1543), created outstanding examples of German painting, but it was [[Albrecht Dürer]] (1471 – 1528), who became the founder of the [[German]] Renaissance. | + | '''German Painting''' had its roots in [[Paris]], the intellectual centre of [[Europe]], and [[Italy]]. Konrad Witz (c. 1400 - before 1447), Martin Schongauer (c. 1450 - 1491), Matthias Grünewald (c. 1470 - 1528), Hans Holbein the Elder, a Northern [[The Renaissance|Renaissance]] Painter, (ca. 1465 - 1524) and his son [[Hans Holbein the Younger]] (1497 - 1543; specialized in portraits), created outstanding examples of German painting, but it was [[Albrecht Dürer]] (1471 – 1528), who became the founder of the [[German]] Renaissance. |
| | ''The course of German painting ran parallel to that of the Italian Renaissance.'' <ref>[http://www.questia.com/PM.qst;jsessionid=LrDpWGKqc22hhJQ5H0Qs2BytqMTZ1LQc5Jhxnvgl5XVVYPSNd9hX!795949181?a=o&d=55434024 German Painting XIV-XVI CENTURIES]</ref> | | ''The course of German painting ran parallel to that of the Italian Renaissance.'' <ref>[http://www.questia.com/PM.qst;jsessionid=LrDpWGKqc22hhJQ5H0Qs2BytqMTZ1LQc5Jhxnvgl5XVVYPSNd9hX!795949181?a=o&d=55434024 German Painting XIV-XVI CENTURIES]</ref> |
| | [[File:Isaac Soreau Still Life of Grapes in a Basket.jpg|thumb|Isaac Soreau, Still Life of Grapes in a Basket, surrounded by various other fruits, circa 1630.]] | | [[File:Isaac Soreau Still Life of Grapes in a Basket.jpg|thumb|Isaac Soreau, Still Life of Grapes in a Basket, surrounded by various other fruits, circa 1630.]] |