Jörg Breu the elder

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Melker Altar: Christ's crowning of thorns
Aggsbacher Altar: Crucifixion
Bernhard altar, scenes from the life of St. Bernhard

Jörg Breu (the elder) (* around 1475/1480 in Augsburg ; † 1537 in Augsburg) was a painter and draftsman for glass painting and woodcut as well as an illuminator .

Life

After his journeyman migration in Austria, which he undertook after his training with Ulrich Apt the Elder , Breu worked in Augsburg from 1502 until his death in 1536. He is the father of Jörg Breu the younger . The frescoes on the old town hall in Augsburg were created in 1516. They are no longer there, as the town hall was replaced by a new building by Elias Holl . On behalf of the patrician family Hoechstetter, Breu produced pane cracks (for glass pictures), which later served as a template for most of the motifs of the magnificent " Augsburg Monthly Pictures ". These four large-format paintings on canvas are now in the Deutsches Historisches Museum, Berlin and most likely also come from his workshop. In addition to Emperor Maximilian I , Wilhelm IV of Bavaria and the Fuggers were among his clients.

Breu wrote a short chronicle, which is the oldest Augsburg chronicle written by a craftsman and covers the years 1512 to 1537. There is hardly any mention of his professional activity in the text; Breu offers a personal report with a diary-like character about the events in his city and it partly suggests that he might have viewed the Reformation events positively.

Works

His paintings are characterized by their clear coloring and graceful forms.

  • Prayer of St. Bernhard for a good harvest (from the "Bernhard Altar"), wood, 71 × 73 cm, unsigned, 1500, Zwettl Abbey , Lower Austria
  • Aggsbacher Altar, wing III, front side: Circumcision of Christ, wood, 80 × 127 cm, 1501
  • Aggsbacher Altar, wing IV, back: carrying the cross, wood, 91 × 129 cm, 1501
  • Aggsbacher Altar, wing IV, front side: Adoration of the Magi, wood, 91 × 129 cm, 1501
  • Aggsbacher Altar, part: Flight into Egypt, wood, 92 × 128 cm, 1501
  • The Melker Altar, Breu and pupil, not signed a. dated, around 1500–1502, Museum Stift Melk , Lower Austria
  • Scipio's victory over Hannibal at Zama, Munich Pinakothek
  • The Apostles' Farewell, signed, 1514, Städtische Kunstsammlungen Augsburg
  • Madonna in the hall, attributed to around 1515, Aufhausen pilgrimage church , Upper Palatinate
  • Adoration of the Magi 1518, Koblenz, Hospital Church (today Middle Rhine Museum )
  • Madonna, Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna, Ambras collection
  • Adoration of the Magi, wood, 160 × 80 cm, 1518
  • Hell, wood, 116 × 34 cm
  • Crowning of thorns (from the »Passion Altar«), wood, 134 × 95 cm, 1502
  • The Mocking of Christ, not signed a. dated, around 1522, Municipal Art Collections Augsburg
  • The Apostles' Farewell, signed, 1514, Städtische Kunstsammlungen Augsburg
  • Ursula Altar, 1522/27, Old Masters Picture Gallery, Dresden State Art Collections
  • The story of Lucretia, signed a. dated, 1528, Alte Pinakothek Munich
  • The Battle of Zama, signed and lettered dated, 1530, Alte Pinakothek Munich
  • Saint Lucia, undated, Alte Pinakothek Munich
  • Last Judgment, undated, on permanent loan from the Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen at Trausnitz Castle, Landshut
  • The four "Augsburg Monthly Pictures", presumably from Breu's workshop, around 1531, Deutsches Historisches Museum, Berlin
  • Meiting's epitaph, inscribed on the decorative frame, around 1534, St. Anna Church , Augsburg

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Commons : Jörg Breu d. Ä.  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files
personal data
SURNAME Breu, Jörg the elder
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Breu, Jörg; Breu, Georg; Preu, Jörg (the elder); Prew, Jörg (the elder); Breü, Jörg (the elder); Jörg Breu the Elder; Breu the Elder, Joerg
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German painter
DATE OF BIRTH 1475 or 1480
PLACE OF BIRTH augsburg
DATE OF DEATH 1537
Place of death augsburg