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Jörg Breu the Elder (c. 1475 – 1537) of Augsburg was a painter of the German Danube school. He was the son of a weaver. He journeyed to Austria and created several multi-panel altarpieces there in 1500–02 such as the Melk Altar (1502). He returned to Augsburg in 1502 where he became a master. He travelled to Italy twice in ca. 1508 and in 1514/15. After his death in 1537 his son Jörg Breu the Younger continued to lead his Augsburg workshop until his own death 10 years later.
