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[[File:The building of the ark.jpg|thumb|left|150px|Bertram of Minden (ca. 1340–1414/15), The Building of the Ark.]]

[[File:The building of the ark.jpg|thumb|left|150px|Bertram of Minden, The Building of the Ark.]]

[[Image:Schongauer_The_Annunciation.JPG|thumb|''The Annunciation'' by Martin Schongauer.]]

[[Image:Schongauer_The_Annunciation.JPG|thumb|''The Annunciation'' by Martin Schongauer.]]

[[File:Georg Flegel 1566–1638 Grosses Blumenstuck.jpg|thumb|Grosses Blumenstück by Georg Flegel.]]

[[File:Georg Flegel 1566–1638 Grosses Blumenstuck.jpg|thumb|Grosses Blumenstück by Georg Flegel.]]

'''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.

'''German Painting''' had its roots in [[Paris]], the intellectual centre of [[Europe]], and [[Italy]]. Bertram of Minden (Minden, ca. 1340 – Hamburg, 1414/15) [[gothic]] painter, 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.]]