Balthasar Augustin Albrecht
Balthasar Augustin Albrecht (1687– 1765) was a German painter.
Also recorded as Albrecht von München · Bathasar Augustin Albrecht · Albrecht
Balthasar Augustin Albrecht
Franz Xaver Andreas Jungwierth / Georg Desmarées · Bildarchiv Austria · Public domain
- Born
- 1687 · Berg.
- Died
- 1765 · Munich.
- Nationality
- Germany
- Occupation
- painter
- Fields
- portrait
- Languages
- German
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The recorded working language is German. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are portrait. Places of work recorded in the authority are Munich. Positions recorded include court painter. Work by Balthasar Augustin Albrecht is recorded in the collections of Bavarian State Painting Collections, Kunstcollectie Provincie Gelderland, Alte Pinakothek and Bavarian National Museum.
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Balthasar Augustin Albrecht (1687– 1765) was a German painter.
Life
Life
• Illustration — Altar piece from Dießen am Ammersee showing the Assumption of Mary, from 1738 Albrecht, who was born at Berg, near Aufkirchen in Bavaria, in 1687, was a pupil of Nikolaus Gottfried Stuber, and studied in Venice and Rome. On his return to Germany in 1719, he became popular as an historical painter, and was appointed court-painter and inspector of the Picture Gallery at Munich, where he died in 1765.
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1687
Balthasar Augustin Albrecht born at Berg.
1765
Balthasar Augustin Albrecht died at Munich.
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Berg.
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