Balthasar Augustin Albrecht

Balthasar Augustin Albrecht
Born	3 January 1687 Berg
Died	15 August 1765 Munich
Occupations	Painter, court painter

Balthasar Augustin Albrecht (1687– 1765) was a German painter.

Life

Albrecht, who was born at Berg, near Aufkirchen in Bavaria, in 1687, was a pupil of Nikolaus Gottfried Stuber, and studied in Venice and Rome. On his return to Germany in 1719, he became popular as an historical painter, and was appointed court-painter and inspector of the Picture Gallery at Munich, where he died in 1765.