# FRUEAUF, Rueland the Younger

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## Artist

- Lifespan: 1470–1545
- Profession: painter
- School: Austrian

## Biography

Austrian painter, son of Rueland Frueauf the Elder \(c. 1440-1507\). He was a citizen of Passau before 1497, a Councilor in 1533 and was still active as an artist in 1545. He painted a series of scenes from the life of St Leopold, some of which are signed RF and dated 1507, for Klosterneuberg, near Vienna, as well as a St Anne with the Virgin and Child \(1508, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna\).

## Related artworks

- [Crucifixion](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/frueauf-rueland-the-younger-r5a4e9806ab0ffb/crucifixion-rce5cea636d2f6e>)

## Attribution

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