# FRUEAUF, Rueland the Elder

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## Artist

- Lifespan: ?–1507
- Profession: painter
- School: Austrian

## Biography

Austrian painter from Passau. He worked in Passau and Salzburg from 1470 in a style derived from Flemish painters such as Jan van Eyck and the Master of Flémalle. There are four Passion scenes of 1490-91 by him in the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna. His son, Roland the Younger was also painter.

## Related artworks

- [Christ with the Crown of Thorns](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/frueauf-rueland-the-elder-r62d3b25f130c51/christ-with-the-crown-of-thorns-re4134044facb54>)
- [The Annunciation \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/frueauf-rueland-the-elder-r62d3b25f130c51/the-annunciation-detail-r7cc356688dab1f>)
- [The Annunciation](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/frueauf-rueland-the-elder-r62d3b25f130c51/the-annunciation-rcc78388ba8a487>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)