Without Lifting A Finger

Albertus Pictor ( English , "Albert the Painter"; b. Immenhusen, c. 1440 - d. c. 1507), also called Albert Pictor , Albert Målare and Albrekt Pärlstickare ( Swedish ), is the most famous late medieval Swedish painter, known for his wallpaintings surviving in numerous churches in southern and central Sweden. Career Albertus was originally called Albertus Immenhusen , after the German town of Immenhausen in Hessen of which he was a native. He occurs in Swedish historical sources from 1465, when he was admitted a burgher of Arboga . Eight years later he moved to Stockholm , where, in accordance with current practice, he took over the workshop as well as the widow of a deceased painter. He was a versatile and prolific artist, known to his contemporaries not only for his church wallpaintings, but also as an organist and embroiderer (hence his nickname of Pärlstickare , "Pearl-embroiderer"). More than thirty of his schemes, mostly in a secco technique, are ex...

Albertus Pictor , a photo by Hans Olind on Flickr. The "supposed" inspiration for Bergman's chess match. This painting is in the Taby Church in Sweden.