LIBALT, Gottfried
(b. ~1610 Hamburg, d. 1666 Wien)
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’s still-lifes a significant source for the evolving decoratively drafted still-lifes of the 18th century in Central Europe can be seen.
