Hans Suess, known as Hans von Kulmbach, was a German artist. He was born around 1480 in Kulmbach,

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and died prior to 3 December 1522 in

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.John Denison Champlin, Charles Callahan
Cyclopedia of Painters and Paintings
New York, Publisher: Charles Scribner's Sons. Page 414 Hans von Kulmbach was the artist who created the

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St John's Altar.

Life

Kulmbach probably arrived in Nuremberg around 1505. He received instruction by

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, who for a time worked in Nuremberg. Von Kulmbach then apprenticed with Albrecht Dürer and after Dürer retired from painting altarpieces in 1510 Kulmbach took over most of his commissions. Kulmbach had his own workshop in Nuremberg and at times worked in

. He also created artworks for emperor Maximilian I and for Margrave Casimir Hohenzollern von Brandenburg-Kulmbach. His best works were stained-glass windows in churches, such as the Maximilian stained-glass, Margrave stained-glass at St. Sebald in Nuremberg, the Welser stained-glass at the Frauenkirche and the Nikolaus altar at Lorenzkirche. In 1511 he finished the St. Mary's altar at

Skałka Saint Michael the Archangel and Saint Stanislaus the Bishop and Martyr Basilica, also known as Skałka, which means "a small rock" in Polish, is a small outcrop in Kraków atop of which a Pauline monastery is located, a place where the Bish ...

in Kraków. The Catherine and St. John's altar also in Kraków, are among his best works.

Gallery

File:Suess Conversion of Empress.JPG, The conversion of Empress Faustina File:Hans Süß von Kulmbach 001.jpg, Nikolaus-Altar at St. Lorenz in

by Kulmbach File:Hans Süß von Kulmbach (zugeschr.) - Heiliger Georg.jpg,

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File:Suess Catherine of Alexandria.JPG, ''The Execution of St. Catherine of Alexandria'' File:Hans von Kulmbach-triptico del rosario.jpg, ''Triptych of the Rosary''. ca. 1510. Thyssen-Bornemizsa Museum, Madrid.

References

Hans von Kulmbach biography at getty.edu

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kulmbach, Hans von 1480s births 1528 deaths 16th-century German painters German male painters People from Kulmbach Artists from Nuremberg Stained glass artists and manufacturers German Roman Catholics

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