Christoph Amberger (c. 1505 – 1562) was a painter of
Augsburg
Augsburg (; bar , Augschburg , links=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swabian_German , label=Swabian German, , ) is a city in Swabia, Bavaria, Germany, around west of Bavarian capital Munich. It is a university town and regional seat of the ...
in the 16th century, a disciple of
Hans Holbein, his principal work being the history of Joseph in twelve pictures.
Life
His father was a stonemason and his grandfather a wood-carver at
Amberg. Amberger painted in oils and he also did frescos. His oil paintings are mainly portraits, similar in style to
Holbein.
Amberger used to visit Augsburg every year where men of power gathered and opportunities for commissions presented themselves. Among those whose portraits he painted were
Jakob Fugger
Jakob Fugger ''of the Lily'' (german: Jakob Fugger von der Lilie; 6 March 1459 – 30 December 1525), also known as Jakob Fugger ''the Rich'' or sometimes Jakob II, was a major German merchant, mining entrepreneur, and banker. He was a descendan ...
,
Konrad Peutinger,
Georg von Frundsberg
Georg von Frundsberg (24 September 1473 – 20 August 1528) was a German military and Landsknecht leader in the service of the Holy Roman Empire and Imperial House of Habsburg. An early modern proponent of infantry tactics, he established ...
and the
Emperor Charles V. He travelled to Northern Italy and Venice between 1525 and 1527. He died in Augsburg.
See also
*
List of German painters
This is a list of German painters.
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* Hans von Aachen (1552–1615)
* Aatifi (born 1965)
* Karl Abt (1899–1985)
* Tomma Abts (born 1967)
* Andreas Achenbach (1815–1910)
* Oswald Achenbach (1827 ...
Sources
* ''Lexikon över äldre konst'', Raben & Sjögrens, 1959, Stockholm Sweden
External links
*
The Grove Dictionary of ArtWorks by Christoph AmbergerChristoph Amberger
on Sandrart.net
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1500s births
1562 deaths
16th-century German painters
German male painters
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