Christoph Amberger (c. 1505 – 1562) was a painter of

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in the sixteenth century, a disciple of Hans Holbein, his principal work being the history of Joseph in twelve pictures.

Life

His father was a stonemason and his grandfather a wood-carver at

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. Amberger painted in oils and he also did frescos. His oil paintings are mainly portraits, similar in style to

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. Amberger used to visit Augsburg every year where men of power gathered and opportunities for commissions presented themselves. Among those whose portraits he painted were Jakob Fugger,

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and the

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. He travelled to Northern Italy and Venice between 1525 and 1527. He died in Augsburg.

Sources

* ''Lexikon över äldre konst'', Raben & Sjögrens, 1959, Stockholm Sweden

External links

*
The Grove Dictionary of Art

Works by Christoph Amberger

Christoph Amberger
on Sandrart.net * 1500s births 1562 deaths 16th-century German painters German male painters {{Germany-painter-stub

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