Jörg Breu the Elder

Jörg Breu the Elder (c. 1475–1537), of Augsburg, was a painter of the German Danube school.

He journeyed to Austria and created several multi-panel altarpieces there in 1500–02, such as the Melk Abbey altar (1502).

[1] He returned to Augsburg in 1502, where he became a master.

After his death in 1537, his son, Jörg Breu the Younger continued to lead his Augsburg workshop until his own death 10 years later.

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