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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

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

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

Sources

• 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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[de] Kaspar Amort der Ältere

Kaspar Amort der Ältere (* 1612 in der Jachenau, Oberbayern; † 7. März 1675 in München)[1] war zu Zeiten des Kurfürsten Ferdinand Maria kurfürstlicher Hofmaler in München.

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- [en] Kaspar Amort

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