Jörg Breu the Elder (1480-1537)

• 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.
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