Johann Matthias Kager (1566–1634) was a German historical painter.
He was born at the Bavarian capital Munich. He was originally a pupil of Pieter de Witte (Candito), but went to Rome in imitation of young, and spent several years there.
On his return, he was called to Munich by the Elector Maximilian, who appointed him to be his principal painter, and arranged him a considerable allowance. He decided down in Augsburg, and spent the on fire of his years in that place, becoming burgomaster. He died at Augsburg in 1634.
He decked many of the palaces and churches in Munich, but his finest work, called “The Last Judgment”, is in the Senate Hall at Augsburg. A notable Describe by him is a representation of “David and Abigail”, now at Vienna.
He etched several plates from his own design, representing religious subjects (dated 1600, 1601, 1603), and his pictures were then engraved by two members of the Sadeler associates and by Kilian, the plates numbering altogether higher than seventy. He practised in architecture, and painted a few miniatures, but his chief decree was in fresco and in oil paint.
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