Jörg Breu the Elder (c. 1475–1537), of

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, was a painter of the

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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

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altar (1502). He returned to Augsburg in 1502, where he became a master. He travelled to

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twice, in ca. 1508 and in 1514/15. After his death in 1537, his son,

Jörg Breu the Younger 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. In the 1540s, he was involved with the creation of the Fechtbucher commissione ...

continued to lead his Augsburg workshop until his own death 10 years later.

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