Wolf Huber (c.1485 – 1553)

• Was an Austrian painter, printmaker, and architect.
• Huber was born in Feldkirch, Vorarlberg,
• Huber's birthdate has been estimated at around 1485 on the basis of several works, dated between 1510–1515.
• After his relocation to Passau, Huber in 1517 became court painter to the Duke of Bavaria, Ernst.
• When Count Wolfgang von Salm became Passau's bishop in 1542, he confirmed Huber's status as court painter.
• The artist died in his manor house in Passau in 1553.
• He influenced his contemporary, the draughtsman Augustin Hirschvogel.
• The displayed painting is a crop from Allegory of Salvation, after 1543.
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