Kaspar Amort
Kaspar Amort (1612 – 7 March 1675) was a German painter, active in Munich. He is sometimes known as Kaspar Amort the Elder,[1] to distinguish him from his son Kaspar Amort the Younger (born c. 1640).
Life
[edit]Amort was born in 1612 in the valley of the Jachenau. He went to Munich in 1631, where he studied art under Johann Donauer. He then paid a visit to Italy, where the works of Caravaggio had a great impact on his style.[2]
In 1642, following his return to Munich he was made court painter, and executed numerous works for the Residenz[3] and for churches and monastic buildings,[2] including an altarpiece (c.1655), showing the martyrdom of St Ursula and her companions, for the parish church of St Sylvester in Schwabing.[4]
He died at Munich on 7 March 1675.[3]
Family
[edit]Amort had four sons and five daughters. Two of his sons were artists: Kaspar (by whom no major works are known) and Lukas. [3]
References
[edit]- ^ This is given as the preferred form by the Union List of Artist Names database"Amort, Kaspar, the Elder". Union List of Artists' Names Online. J Paul Gety Foundation. Retrieved 17 October 2012.
- ^ a b Bryan 1886.
- ^ a b c Baumann-Oelwein 2000, p. 38.
- ^ "Sylvester, München-Schwabing" (in German). Archived from the original on 20 August 2012. Retrieved 17 October 2012.
Sources
[edit]- Baumann-Oelwein, Cornelia (2000). Der Orlandoblock am Münchner Platzl: Geschichte eines Baudenkmals (in German). Oldenburg Verlag. p. 38. ISBN 9783486565072.
Attribution:
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Bryan, Michael (1886). "Amort, Kaspar". In Graves, Robert Edmund (ed.). Bryan's Dictionary of Painters and Engravers (A–K). Vol. I (3rd ed.). London: George Bell & Sons.
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