Jorg Breu (1475-1537)

Aliases: Georg Breu; Jörg Breu; Jörg (1475) Breu; Jörg (der Ältere) Breu; Jörg (der Ältere) Breü; Jörg (der Ältere) Preu; Jörg (der Ältere) Prew

Professions: Painter; Wood cutter; Draft draughtsman

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  Jörg Breu the Elder , Augsburg circa 1475/80 - 1537 episode from the gesta romanorum: the emperor and the page Pen and black ink and gray wash, within black ink framing lines; circular; bears fake Aldegraver monogram, lower right : AG

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  Jörg Breu the Elder , Augsburg circa 1475/80 - 1537 The Virgin And Child seated in a garden oil on panel, gold ground

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  Jörg I Breu Tyskland 1475/80-1537. Efter,

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  La descente de croix

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Jorg Breu Biography

(b augsburg, c. 1475–80; d augsburg, may–oct 1537). of the trio of great augsburg painters active c. 1500, breu, compared with hans holbein the elder and hans burgkmair i, was the most versatile: as well as altarpieces he produced history paintings, portraits and frescoes and made designs for wood-engravers and glass painters. he was also, perhaps because of his humble origins as the son of the weaver georg breu, the most traditional of the three—an evaluation shared by his contemporaries. his background is vividly described in his chronik des augsburger malers jörg breu d. Ä., 1512–37 (die chroniken der deutschen städte , xxix, ed. f. roth, leipzig, 1906), a commentary on day-to-day events in which he expressed support for the reformation and the poor in vehement and sometimes radical terms.

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