Jörg Breu the Elder of Augsburg

Augsburg

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, was a painter of the German

Germany

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 Danube school

Danube school

The Danube School or Donau School is the name of a circle of painters of the first third of the 16th century in Bavaria and Austria . Many also were innovative printmakers, usually in etching...

. He was the son of a weaver.

He journeyed to Austria and created several multi-panel altarpieces there in 1500–02, such as the Melk

Melk

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 Altar (1502). He returned to Augsburg in 1502 where he became a master. He travelled to Italy

Italy

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 twice, in ca. 1508 and in 1514/15.

After his death in 1537, his son, Jörg Breu the Younger

Jörg Breu the Younger

Jörg Breu the Younger , son of Jörg Breu the Elder, was a painter of Augsburg.In the 1540s, he was involved with the creation of the Fechtbucher commissioned by Paulus Hector Mair....

 continued to lead his Augsburg workshop until his own death 10 years later.

External links

• Jörg Breu the Elder at the J. Paul Getty Museum
  J. Paul Getty Museum
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