# 16th-century Germany

Time and place · hang 749 · 28 works

Works made in Germany in the 16th century.

The rooms are imagined; every work on their walls is real.

## Section 1, north wall

1. [Crest](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/crest-nga-11963), Michel Le Blon. Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/16-germany/crest-nga-11963?hang=749)
2. [Arm of Eve](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/arm-of-eve-cma-141931), Albrecht Dürer, 1507. Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/16-germany/arm-of-eve-cma-141931?hang=749)
3. [Madonna and Child at a Fountain](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/madonna-and-child-at-a-fountain-nga-30810), Master MZ, 1501. Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/16-germany/madonna-and-child-at-a-fountain-nga-30810?hang=749)

## Section 1, south wall

4. [Saint John on Patmos](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/saint-john-on-patmos-met-435600), Hans Baldung (called Hans Baldung Grien), ca. 1511. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/16-germany/saint-john-on-patmos-met-435600?hang=749)
5. [The Fall of Man with Scenes of the Creation](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/the-fall-of-man-with-scenes-of-the-creation-aic-35184), Augustus Cordus, 1544. Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/16-germany/the-fall-of-man-with-scenes-of-the-creation-aic-35184?hang=749)

## Section 2, south wall

6. [Trajan](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/trajan-nga-4262), Sebald Beham, 1546. Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/16-germany/trajan-nga-4262?hang=749)
7. [Music-Making Angels](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/music-making-angels-met-334816), Albrecht Dürer, 1521. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/16-germany/music-making-angels-met-334816?hang=749)

## Section 2, north wall

8. [Mountainous Landscape with a Village](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/mountainous-landscape-with-a-village-nga-37129), Hanns Lautensack, 1553. Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/16-germany/mountainous-landscape-with-a-village-nga-37129?hang=749)
9. [Mock Joust of War with Flying Shields and Without Bevors](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/mock-joust-of-war-with-flying-shields-and-without-bevors-nga-216042), Unrecorded German maker, c.1512-1515. Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/16-germany/mock-joust-of-war-with-flying-shields-and-without-bevors-nga-216042?hang=749)
10. [Dead Blue Roller](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/dead-blue-roller-cma-124733), Hans Hoffmann, 1583. Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/16-germany/dead-blue-roller-cma-124733?hang=749)

## Section 3, north wall

11. [Adam and Eve](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/adam-and-eve-met-336222), Albrecht Dürer, 1504. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/16-germany/adam-and-eve-met-336222?hang=749)
12. [Virgin and Child with Saint Anne](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/virgin-and-child-with-saint-anne-met-436244), Albrecht Dürer, probably 1519. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/16-germany/virgin-and-child-with-saint-anne-met-436244?hang=749)
13. [Landscape with a Double Spruce](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/landscape-with-a-double-spruce-met-336259), Albrecht Altdorfer, ca. 1521–22. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/16-germany/landscape-with-a-double-spruce-met-336259?hang=749)

## Section 3, south wall

14. [Melencolia I](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/melencolia-i-met-336228), Albrecht Dürer, 1514. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/16-germany/melencolia-i-met-336228?hang=749)
15. [The Entrance Hall of the Regensburg Synagogue](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/the-entrance-hall-of-the-regensburg-synagogue-met-336256), Albrecht Altdorfer, 1519. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/16-germany/the-entrance-hall-of-the-regensburg-synagogue-met-336256?hang=749)
16. [Erasmus of Rotterdam](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/erasmus-of-rotterdam-met-459080), Hans Holbein the Younger, ca. 1532. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/16-germany/erasmus-of-rotterdam-met-459080?hang=749)

## Doors

- [Hans Holbein the Younger's contemporaries](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/artist/contemporaries-of-hans-holbein-the-younger?hang=749&via=continue) (8 works)
- [More Northern Renaissance](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/northern-renaissance?hang=749&via=continue) (62 works)
- [16th-century Germany, room 2](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/16-germany?hang=749&cursor=eyJvIjoxNiwiaCI6NzQ5LCJpIjpudWxsLCJnIjoiSzFmdUJLM0kifQ)