About the Artist

Wolf Huber (c. 1485 Feldkirch - 1553 Passau) is among the most important representatives of the Danube School, along with Lucas Cranach and Albrecht Altdorfer. He was probably the son or nephew of the master painter Hans Huber in Feldkirch, with whom he studied. Around 1500, he embarked on a long tour which took him to Innsbruck, Salzburg, and Augsburg. In 1513 he continued down the Danube, Stopping in Linz, Vienna and Wachau. Huber settled in Passau in 1515 at the latest, where he and his wife Anna became citizens. He was probably active in the court of the Passau bishop after 1517. His name is mentioned in 1541 as the city's building master, and a year later he was recognized by Wolfgang, Prince-Bishop of Salm, as his court painter, an office which he held for the rest of his life. Huber painted altarpieces and portraits, and also worked as a graphic artist. Among his major works are The Annan Altarpiece, 1520/21, Sammlung Buhrle, now on loan to the Landesmuseum Bregenz; The Raising of the Cross, c. 1525, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna; and Portrait of the Humanist Jakob Ziegler, c. 1544-1549, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna.