Johann Paul Auer, who was born at Nuremberg

Nuremberg

Nuremberg[p] is a city in the German state of Bavaria, in the administrative region of Middle Franconia. Situated on the Pegnitz river and the Rhine–Main–Danube Canal, it is located about north of Munich and is Franconia's largest city. The population is 505,664...

 in 1636, studied from 1654 to 1658 under Georg Christoph Eimmart

Georg Christoph Eimmart

Georg Christoph Eimmart, the younger , a German draughtsman and engraver, was born at Ratisbon. He was instructed by his father, Georg Christoph Eimmart the Elder , who was a painter of portraits, landscapes, still-life, and historical subjects. Eimmart the Younger resided at Nuremberg, where he...

 at Ratisbon

Regensburg

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. In 1660 he went to Venice

Venice

Venice is a city in northern Italy which is renowned for the beauty of its setting, its architecture and its artworks. It is the capital of the Veneto region...

, and there received instructions from Pietro Liberi

Pietro Liberi

Pietro Liberi was an Italian painter of the Baroque era, active mainly in Venice and the Veneto.Liberi was born in Padua, his earliest training was with Alessandro Varotari . He traveled extensively in Italy. During a voyage to Istanbul, he was captured into bondage for 8 months by pirates from...

. He then went to Rome, where he stayed upwards of four years, and thence through Turin

Turin

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 and Lyons

Lyon

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to Paris, and so home to Nuremberg in 1670. He died in 1687. Auer painted historical, landscape, and genre pictures, besides portraits of many famous personages, for which he was very celebrated.