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Jörg Breu the Younger

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Madonna with child, oil on wood (larch-tree)[1]

Jörg Breu the Younger (c. 1510 – 1547) was a painter of Augsburg. He was the son of Jörg Breu the Elder, and collaborated with his father on some works.[2]

page of a Fechtbuch (Mscr. Dresd. C 93)

In the 1540s, he was involved with the creation of the Fechtbucher commissioned by Paulus Hector Mair. He did also wood carvings Lebenstreppen, together with Cornelis Anthonisz[3]

Work

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A selection:

  • Das Geheime Ehrenbuch der Fugger
  • Madonna with child[1]
  • Conquest of Rhodos by Queen Artemisia, 1535. Bavarian State Painting Collections}, Munich
  • Der reiche Prasser und der arme Lazarus, 1535
  • Festival in Venice, 1539
  • History of Suzanne, 1540
  • Joseph Interpreting the Dreams of Pharaoh, c. 1534-1547
    Kaiserl. Schlittenfahrt, vers 1540
  • Siege of Algiers, 1541
  • Sacrifice of Isaac, 1545

References

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  1. ^ a b H. Zimmermann, Max Knackfuß (2017). Allgemeine Kunstgeschichte: 2. Band Reprint der Ausgabe von 1900 (in German). p. 588. ISBN 978-9925072422.
  2. ^ Alexander Strasoldo. "Jörg Breu d. Ä. (Augsburg 1475–1537) und Jörg Breu d. J. (Augsburg 1510–1547) Die heilige Sippe" (in German). Dorotheum. Archived from the original on 2017-11-17. Retrieved 2017-11-16. Bei der farbigen Ausmalung ist von einem Anteil seines Sohnes auszugehen.
  3. ^ "Lebenstreppen" (in German). 27 October 2015. Archived from the original on 10 June 2019. Retrieved 16 November 2017.