Hans Rottenhammer (1564–1625),

• Was a German painter.
• He was born in Munich.
• He studied until 1588 under Hans Donauer the Elder.
• In 1593-4 (and perhaps earlier) he was in Rome, and he then settled in Venice from 1595-6 to 1606, before returning to Germany and settling in Augsburg, working also in Munich.
• He died in Augsburg, apparently in some poverty, and according to some sources an alcoholic.
• In Venice he gained a reputation for small highly finished cabinet paintings on copper, of religious and mythological subjects, combining German and Italian elements of style.
• He was the first German artist to specialize in cabinet paintings. • In Rome he knew the earlier members of the Bamboccianti, a circle of Northern artists (before the name itself arose), and remained in regular contact with Paul Bril, a Flemish artist living in Rome.
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