Christoph Amberger

Christoph Amberger (* 1505, † between 1 November 1561 and 19 October 1562 in Augsburg ) was a German painter.

Amberger was recorded in 1530 in the painters' guild at Augsburg, where he was preferably worked as a portrait painter until his death. That he trained in painting by L. Beck in Augsburg, is considered safe. Amberger is considered as an outstanding painter of the generation after Dürer and Burgkmair. From 1530 Amberger possessed the so-called master justice, yet rooted in the medieval legal system and was required to be deemed to have been coated artist Augsburg citizen with full rights. From Amberger a series of portraits of famous and respected contemporaries have survived. He painted portraits of many Augsburg patrician and their wives as well as portraits of Charles V, which established his reputation in 1532, George of Frundsbergs, Konrad Peutingers ( 1543), the Fugger and Welser and cosmographers Sebastian Münster. In 1548, he met with Titian. His most important work is probably the altarpiece in the Cathedral of Augsburg, which was created in 1554 after the altar by Hans Holbein the Elder was destroyed in the iconoclasm. In addition, there are approximately 30 known drawings. Amberger made ​​only occasionally designs for woodcuts.

His bust -up took place in the hall of fame in Munich.