Albertus was originally called Albertus Immenhusen, after the German town of Immenhausen in Hessen of which he was a native.
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Albertus's illustration of Death playing chess from Täby kyrka inspired the famous scene in Ingmar Bergman's 1957 film The Seventh Seal, in which a knight (Antonius Block) plays chess with personified Death.
The church is well known for its beautiful and colorful paintings by Albertus Pictor, including a motif of Death playing chess.
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