[[File:Donauer-Dingolfing.jpg|thumb|Fresco in the Antiquarium, Munich Residenz by Donauer showing the city of Dingolfing (here with old spelling ''Dingelfing''), Bavaria. This is one of more than 100 frescos by Donauer of cities and castles in Bavaria, all in the Antiquarium.]] {{short description|German Renaissance painter}} '''Hans Donauer''' (c1521, Munich – 1596, Munich), was a German Renaissance painter. He is sometimes known as '''Hans Donauer the Elder'''. His surname is sometimes spelt '''"Thonauer''' or '''Thunauer'''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Hans Donauer|url=http://www.getty.edu/vow/ULANFullDisplay?find=hans+donauer&role=&nation=&prev_page=1&subjectid=500016865|work=Union List of Artists' Names Online|publisher=J Paul Getty Foundation|accessdate=17 October 2012}}</ref>
==Biography== According to Karel van Mander he was the teacher of Hans Rottenhammer.<ref name=Mander>{{in lang|nl}} [http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/mand001schi01_01/mand001schi01_01_0269.htm Hans Donauer] in Karel van Mander's ''Schilderboeck'', 1604, courtesy of the Digital library for Dutch literature</ref>
According to the RKD he was also the teacher of the painter Kaspar Amort.<ref name=RKD>[https://rkd.nl/en/explore/artists/23684 Hans Donauer] in the RKD</ref>
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{{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Donauer, Hans}} Category:1520s births Category:1596 deaths Category:German Renaissance painters Category:Painters from Munich