Artist

Johann Georg Fischer

German, 1580–1643

Johann Georg Fischer was a German Early Baroque Italian artist. 5 works are cataloged here, principally at Bavarian State Painting Collections. Johann Georg Fischer was born in Augsburg.

Johann Georg Fischer, an historical painter, was born at Augsburg in 1580. He travelled in Italy, but became an imitator of Albrecht Dürer. He died at Munich in 1643. The following are by him:

Munich. Gallery. Christ carrying the Cross and The Apprehension of Christ Nuremberg.

Landauer-Brüderhaus. The Apostles John, Peter, Mark, and Paul; after Albrecht Dürer. Nuremberg.

Moritz-Chapel. Ecce Homo (supposed to be him, but by some attributed to Albrecht Dürer). Pommersfelden.

Gallery. The Trinity; after Albrecht Dürer. According to Joachim Sandrart he was the father of the painter Susanna Mayr, whose son Johann Ulrich Mayr also became a painter.

Collections represented

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