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Kager, Johann Matthias
(b Munich, 1575; d Augsburg, 1634). German painter and draughtsman. He trained in Munich (1588–98) as a painter of miniatures. He probably worked subsequently among a group of artists decorating the Munich Residenz according to Italian models. Kager’s early works, such as the drawing of the Last Judgement (Munich, Staatl. Graph. Samml.), show the influence of Friedrich Sustris, Christoph Schwarz and Hans Rottenhammer I. There is no evidence that Kager himself visited Italy. His drawings from the first years of the 17th century show that he had studied the art of Rudolfine Prague, including the works of Bartholomäus Spranger and Hans von Aachen: Venus, Apollo and Amor (Copenhagen, Stat. Mus. Kst), Diana and Callisto (Bremen, Ksthalle) and Perseus and Andromeda (1603; Berne, Kstmus.). Some copper engravings by Kager date from 1600 to 1603.
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