Balthasar Augustin Albrecht
Balthasar Augustin Albrecht (1687– 1765 ) was a German painter.
Life[]
Albrecht, who was born at Berg, near Aufkirchen in Bavaria, in 1687, was a pupil of , and studied in Venice and Rome. On his return to Germany in 1719, he became popular as an historical painter, and was appointed court-painter and inspector of the Picture Gallery at Munich, where he died in 1765.[1]
References[]
- ^ Bryan,1886-9
Sources[]
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Bryan, Michael (1886). "Albrecht, Balthasar Augustin". In Graves, Robert Edmund (ed.). Bryan's Dictionary of Painters and Engravers (A–K). I (3rd ed.). London: George Bell & Sons.
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