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jakob alt was a renowned german painter and lithographer born on september 27, 1789, in frankfurt am main, germany. he received his early artistic education in frankfurt before moving to vienna, where he entered the akademie der bildenden künste wien, becoming noted as a landscape painter. throughout his career, alt made various journeys throughout austria and italy, painting views of the danube and the city of vienna. early life and education alt was the son of barbara alt, née horst, and frankfurt carpenter johann leonhart alt. he received his early artistic education in frankfurt before mo…
A chart of Jakob Alt's corpus mapped not by date but by subject. Spokes are what they painted; rings are when; and the threads between stars reveal the patrons and places that secretly connect them.
Each arm of the atlas gathers works by what they depict: portraits, sacred scenes, mythologies, and the scientific studies. Click a spoke to swing that cluster to the top.
Distance from the center marks time. The innermost ring is the earliest period; the outermost, the final years. Style matures as you move outward.
Coloured lines link works bound by the same patron, commission, or theme. Trace a context to watch related clusters light up across subjects.
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