Brandmuller, Gregory

Brandmuller, Gregory an eminent Swiss painter, was born at Basle, August 25, 1661, and studied under Gaspar de Meyer, an obscure artist. He gained the prize of the Royal Academy at Paris. One of his best works was a Deposition from the Cross, in the Church of the Capuchins at Dornach. He died June 7, 1691 See Spooner, Biog. Hist. of the Fine Arts, s.v.; Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Generale, s.v.