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Kaspar Amort

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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

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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

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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

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ a b Bryan 1886.
  3. ^ a b c Baumann-Oelwein 2000, p. 38.
  4. ^ "Sylvester, München-Schwabing" (in German). Archived from the original on 20 August 2012. Retrieved 17 October 2012.

Sources

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Attribution:

  • Public Domain This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domainBryan, 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.