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Mielich [Muelich], Hans
(b Munich, 1516; d Munich, 10 March 1573). German painter and illuminator. He was a leading painter in Munich of religious compositions, manuscript illuminations and portraits. He studied with his father, Wolfgang Mielich, a Munich municipal painter, who appears in the Munich tax records from 1509 onwards, but the years 1536–9, spent with Albrecht Altdorfer in Regensburg, were decisive for Hans Mielich’s approach to colour. In 1536 he illuminated the title-page to the Freiheitenbuch of the city of Regensburg (Regensburg, Stadtmus.). In 1541 Mielich travelled to Rome on a commission from Duke William IV of Bavaria. He stayed there until 1543, when he became a master in Munich. From 1545 onwards Duke Albert V of Bavaria helped him obtain commissions, and in 1558 Mielich became leader of the Munich painters’ guild. He consistently signed his works with the monogram HM (=M in H).
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- Munich, §I, 2: History and urban development, c 1505–c 1799
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