Christoph Amberger was a painter of Augsburg

Augsburg

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 in the 16th century, a disciple of Hans Holbein

Hans Holbein the Younger

Hans Holbein the Younger was a German artist and printmaker who worked in a Northern Renaissance style. He is best known as one of the greatest portraitists of the 16th century. He also produced religious art, satire and Reformation propaganda, and made a significant contribution to the history...

, his principal work being the history of Joseph in twelve pictures.

Amberger used to visit Ausburg every year as some powerful men gathered there then. There the artist painted portraits of such men as Fugger, Peutinger, Frundsberg and Caesar Carl V.

Amberger travelled to Northern Italy

Italy

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 and Venice

Venice

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 between 1525 and 1527. He died in Augsburg

Augsburg

Augsburg is a city in the south-west of Bavaria, Germany. It is a university town and home of the Regierungsbezirk Schwaben and the Bezirk Schwaben. Augsburg is an urban district and home to the institutions of the Landkreis Augsburg. It is, as of 2008, the third-largest city in Bavaria with a...

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External links

• The Grove Dictionary of Art
• Works by Christoph Amberger
• Lexikon över äldre konst, Raben & Sjögrens, 1959, Stockholm Sweden