Artists

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  Portrait of the Cosmographer Sebastien Münster $AU 247.79 ~ 968.69
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  Christoph Fugger $AU 253.31 ~ 1,017.74
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  Portrait of Felicitas Seiler $AU 260.88 ~ 1,084.73

Christoph Amberger (c. 1505 Augsburg?-1562 Augsburg) was an outstanding painter of the German Renaissance and a leading representative of the Augsburg School. He studied with Leonhard Beck, but was additionally inspired by the portraits of Hans Holbein the Younger. The use of color and the decrative style of Venetian paintings, which he found in the works of Hans Burgkmair the Elder, also had a great influence on him. Amberger typically displays a vivid characterization of the people he depicts, at time carrying in to the point of minumentality and overbearing significance. His works also display typical Mannerist severity and reserve. In later years, Amberger painted portraits and altarpieces based on Italian models. His works include The Emperor Charles V, 1532, Gemaldegalirie, SMPK, Berlin; Christoph Baumgartner, 1543, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna; and Virgin and Child with St. Ulrich and St. Afra, 1554, Augsburg Cathedral, Augsburg.