Johann Ulrich Mayr

Selfportrait (detail)

Johann Ulrich Mayr (1629, Augsburg – 1704, Augsburg), was a German Baroque painter.

Biography

According to Joachim von Sandrart he was the son of the painter Susanna Mayr, whose father Johann Georg Fischer was also a painter.[1] According to the RKD he was a pupil of Rembrandt in Amsterdam and was also a pupil of Jacob Jordaens in Antwerp.[2] He also travelled to England and Rome and is known for etchings and genre works.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Johann Georg Fischer in the Teutsche Academie.
  2. 1 2 Johann Ulrich Mayr in the RKD


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