Jörg Breu The Elder
German Danube School altarpiece master
Jörg Breu the Elder, of Augsburg, was a painter of the German Danube school. He was the son of a weaver. He journeyed to Austria and created several multi-panel altarpieces there in 1500–02, such as the Melk Altar (1502). He returned to Augsburg in 1502 where he became a master. He travelled to Italy twice, in ca. 1508 and in 1514/15. After his death in 1537, his son, Jörg Breu the Younger continued to lead his Augsburg workshop until his own death 10 years later.
Artworks by this artist
- Die Heiligen Sebastian und Eustachius ca 1520-1525
- Maria mit dem Kind und dem Johannesknaben ca 1520
- Tournament Scene 1510-1515
- Bridal Scene 1520-1525
- Christ taking leave of his Mother, with a donor family kneeling in the foreground
- The Story of Samson 1525-30
- Der Kaiser und der Bauernsohn ca 1520
- Die Heiligen Bartholomäus und Nikolaus ca 1520-1525