Jörg Breu the Younger

Jörg Breu the Younger ( * after 1510 in Augsburg, † 1547 ) was a painter, miniaturist and draftsman.

Life

After training, presumably with his father Jörg Breu the Elder, he took over in 1534 and master 's workshop right in Augsburg. Otto Heinrich of the Palatinate was his most important client, for him took over Breu 1536/37 the painting of some rooms in the hunting lodge Grunau at Neuburg an der Donau.

At Augsburg in 1538, he renewed the equipment of the guild room in the Weber house.

Works

Painting

  • Conquest of Rhodes by Queen Artemisia, oil on wood, in 1535. Bavarian State Painting Collection in Munich

Woodcuts

  • The rich man and the poor Lazarus, dated 1535
  • Garden Party in Venice, 1539
  • The story of Susanna, dated 1540
  • Imperial. Sleigh Ride, 1540
  • The Siege of Algiers, monogrammed. signed and dated 1541
  • Sacrifice of Isaac, 1545
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