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.[2]

page of a Fechtbuch (Mscr. Dresd. C 93)


Madonna with child, oil on wood (larch-tree)[1]

In the 1540s, he was involved with the creation of the Fechtbucher commissioned by Paulus Hector Mair. He did also wood carvings Lebenstreppen, together with Cornelis Anthonisz[3]

Work

A selection:

  • Madonna with child[1]
  • Conquest of Rhodos by Queen Artemisia, 1535. Bavarian State Painting Collections}, Munich
  • Der reiche Prasser und der arme Lazarus, 1535
  • Festival in Venice, 1539
  • History of Suzanne, 1540
  • Joseph Interpreting the Dreams of Pharaoh, c. 1534-1547
    Kaiserl. Schlittenfahrt, vers 1540
  • Siege of Algiers, 1541
  • Sacrifice of Isaac, 1545

References
  1. H. Zimmermann, Max Knackfuß (2017). Allgemeine Kunstgeschichte: 2. Band Reprint der Ausgabe von 1900 (in German). p. 588. ISBN 978-9925072422.
  2. Alexander Strasoldo. "Jörg Breu d. Ä. (Augsburg 1475–1537) und Jörg Breu d. J. (Augsburg 1510–1547) Die heilige Sippe" (in German). Dorotheum. Bei der farbigen Ausmalung ist von einem Anteil seines Sohnes auszugehen.
  3. "Lebenstreppen" (in German). 27 October 2015.


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