Bartholomaeus Bruyn the Elder

Bartholomaeus Bruyn the Elder

1493 1555

German Renaissance painter (1493–1555)

Bartholomäus Bruyn (1493–1555), usually called Barthel Bruyn or Barthel Bruyn the Elder, was a German Renaissance painter active in Cologne. He painted altarpieces and portraits, and was Cologne's foremost portrait painter of his day.

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