Christoph Amberger (c. 1505 – 1562)

• Was a painter of Augsburg.
• Amberger was a disciple of Hans Holbein.
• His principal work being the history of Joseph in twelve pictures.
• 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.
• Among those whose portraits he painted were Jakob Fugger, Konrad Peutinger, Georg von Frundsberg and the Emperor Charles V.
• He travelled to Northern Italy and Venice between 1525 and 1527.
• He died in Augsburg.
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