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Rueland Frueauf the Elder

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Nativity by Rueland Frueauf the Elder, 1507, Museo Correr, Venice

Rueland Frueauf the Elder (c. 1440 – 1507) was an Austrian Late-Gothic painter.

Biography

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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.[1] His son Rueland Frueauf the Younger also became a painter. Frueauf the Elder died in Passau in 1507.

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References

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  1. ^ "Rueland Frueauf the Elder Brief Biography". Retrieved 2012-07-11.