Last year I went to an exhibition at the Städel museum in Frankfurt that was entitled Holbein and the Renaissance in the North. That is the elder Holbein, the father of the Holbein who came to England. This exhibition has now ended, but there is still a great summary available on the Städel website (https://holbein.staedelmuseum.de/en) .

Though obviously not present at the exhibition, one key focus was the Fugger chapel in the church of St. Anne in Augsburg, one of the earliest and most significant Renaissance building north of the Alps. I wanted to kick off this episode with this chapel and then move on to Holbein, Burgkmair etc. But as I dug deeper and deeper into the late 15th and early 16th century art in Southern Germany, the more connections and links emerged that I hope you will find as fascinating as I did.

Links to artworks:

Fugger chapel: Die Fuggerkapelle | St. Anna Augsburg (https://www.st-anna-augsburg.de/die-f...)

Riemenschneider Heilig Blut Altar: The Altar of the Holy Blood | Reliquarian (https://reliquarian.com/2013/03/02/th...)

The Hare: Young Hare, 1502 - Albrecht Durer - WikiArt.org (https://www.wikiart.org/en/albrecht-d...)

Schongauer St. Anthony: Martin Schongauer | Saint Anthony Tormented by Demons | The Metropolitan Museum of Art (https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collect...)

Rhinocerus: Albrecht Dürer | The Rhinoceros | The Metropolitan Museum of Art (