Rueland Frueauf the Elder
Rueland Frueauf the Elder (c. 1440 – 1507) was an Austrian Late-Gothic painter.
Biography
[edit]Frueauf was born in Obernberg am Inn, and lived and worked there most of his life. He primarily painted frescoes in local churches. In 1484 he was appointed as a consultant to work with Michael Pacher on an altarpiece for the Franciscan Order.[1] His son Rueland Frueauf the Younger also became a painter. Frueauf the Elder died in Passau in 1507.
Gallery
[edit]- Annunciation to Mary (1490)
- Madonna enthroned between Saint George and Saint Vigilius (circa 1490)
- Detail
- Saint Apollonia in the Fire (circa 1510)
- Christ, Man of Sorrows by Rueland Frueauf the Elder, Alte Pinakothek, 1500
- The Education of the Infant Christ (1506)
References
[edit]- ^ "Rueland Frueauf the Elder Brief Biography". Retrieved 2012-07-11.
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