Christoph Amberger

Christoph Amberger

Christoph Amberger (c. 1505 – 1562) was a painter of Augsburg in the 16th century, a disciple of Hans Holbein, his principal work being the history of Joseph in twelve pictures.

Life

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

Source

• Lexikon över äldre konst, Raben & Sjögrens, 1959, Stockholm Sweden

External links

• Media related to Christoph Amberger at Wikimedia Commons
• The Grove Dictionary of Art
• Works by Christoph Amberger