Rueland Frueauf the Elder
Illustration — Nativity by Rueland Frueauf the Elder, 1507, Museo Correr, Venice Rueland Frueauf the Elder (c. 1440 – 1507) was an Austrian Late-Gothic painter.
Rueland Frueauf the Elder
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- Born
- 1440 · Obernberg am Inn.
- Died
- 1507 · Passau.
- Nationality
- Germany
- Occupation
- painter
- Movements
- Gothic art
- Languages
- German
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Illustration — Nativity by Rueland Frueauf the Elder, 1507, Museo Correr, Venice Rueland Frueauf the Elder (c. 1440 – 1507) was an Austrian Late-Gothic painter.
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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. His son Rueland Frueauf the Younger also became a painter. Frueauf the Elder died in Passau in 1507.
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• Illustration — Annunciation to Mary (1490) • Illustration — Madonna enthroned between Saint George and Saint Vigilius (circa 1490) • Illustration — Detail • Illustration — Saint Apollonia in the Fire (circa 1510) • Illustration — Christ, Man of Sorrows by Rueland Frueauf the Elder, Alte Pinakothek, 1500 • Illustration — The Education of the Infant Christ (1506)
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1440
Rueland Frueauf the Elder was born in 1440 at Obernberg am Inn.
1507
Rueland Frueauf the Elder died in 1507 at Passau.
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