Kaspar Amort, who was born in 1612 in the valley of the Jachenau

Jachenau

Jachenau is a municipality in the district of Bad Tölz-Wolfratshausen in Bavaria in Germany....

, went to Munich

Munich

Munich The city's motto is "" . Before 2006, it was "Weltstadt mit Herz" . Its native name, , is derived from the Old High German Munichen, meaning "by the monks' place". The city's name derives from the monks of the Benedictine order who founded the city; hence the monk depicted on the city's coat...

 in 1631, and studied art under Johann Donauer. He then paid a visit to Italy, where the works of Caravaggio

Caravaggio

Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio was an Italian artist active in Rome, Naples, Malta, and Sicily between 1593 and 1610. His paintings, which combine a realistic observation of the human state, both physical and emotional, with a dramatic use of lighting, had a formative influence on the Baroque...

 produced much effect on his style. On his return to Munich he was made court painter

Court painter

A court painter was an artist who painted for the members of a royal or noble family, sometimes on a fixed salary and on an exclusive basis where the artist was not supposed to undertake other work. Especially in the late Middle Ages, they were often given the office of valet de chambre...

, and executed numerous works for the decoration of cloisters and churches. He died at Munich in 1675.