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Jörg Breu the Elder

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Grayscale painting of Mary holding the Christ child with two crowned saints, angels, a crown, and a distant castle.

Mary with the child, Saint Catherine, Saint Barbara and angels

1512

Mary with infant Christ holding a string tied to a goldfinch, framed by an arch with a landscape of hills and a village behin

Mary with Child and Goldfinch 1523

1523

Double portrait of a man in a black hat and fur-trimmed red robe and a woman in a red headdress, in arched niches.

Portrait of Coloman Helmschmid and Agnes Breu

Black-and-white painting of haloed apostles in a landscape with a domed building, mountains, a ship, and God in the clouds.

Apostelabschied

Monochrome painting of Christ mocked by jeering men, with a crown of thorns on the floor and a figure in clouds above.

Verspottung Christi

1522

Half-length portrait of a woman in a dark gathered cap and yellow gown with black neckline, against a dark background.

Portrait of a Woman

1515

Crucifixion panel: Christ on center cross, two thieves flanking, grieving women at left, armored knight on horseback at right

Crucifixion

1501

Painting of the Crucifixion with Christ center, two thieves on crosses, mourners, soldiers on horseback, and a town behind.

Crucifiction of Christ

1520

Circular pen and brown wash drawing of a bridal scene with women on a canopied bed and courtly figures in a columned interior

Bridal Scene

about 1520-1525

Pen and ink drawing of a jousting tournament with an armored knight, trumpeters on horseback, and spectators before city buil

Tournament Scene

about 1510-1515

Circular pen and ink drawing of figures under trees with a scroll inscription naming the four temperaments.

The Four Temperaments

1500-1537

Pen and wash drawing of peasants harvesting hay under a sunburst, with a cart, farmhouse and castle in the background.

The Hay Harvest (June)

in or before 1521

Circular drawing of figures harvesting grapes and pressing wine, with barrels and a hillside vineyard behind them.

The Wine Harvest (September)

in or before 1521

Pen and wash drawing of a crowned emperor at a banquet between columns, with courtiers, a page, and a dog in the foreground.

Episode from the "Gesta Romanorum": The Emperor and the Page

1500-1537

Pen drawing in a circle: a mounted armored rider and attendants approach a farmhouse where a woman stands by a cart and pig.

Der Kaiser und der Bauernsohn

1520