# LIBALT, Gottfried

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## Artist

- Lifespan: ?–1666
- Profession: painter
- School: German

## Biography

Gottfried Libalt \(or Libaldt\), German painter of still-lifes, landscapes and religious reliefs. His oeuvre today includes 30 paintings and one piece of graphic art. In the Saint-Petri-Kirche, Hamburg two famous oil paintings by the artist, the Dream of Jacob, and the Birth of Christ can be found. In the painter&#39;s still-lifes a significant source for the evolving decoratively drafted still-lifes of the 18th century in Central Europe can be seen.

## Related artworks

- [Still-Life with Game-Birds](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/libalt-gottfried-rf6ad3eaede12f8/still-life-with-game-birds-r32bb560cf863d0>)

## Attribution

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