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Hans Acker (c. 1380 – 1461,
Hans Acker (c. 1380 – 1461, Ulm
Ulm () is the sixth-largest city of the southwestern German state of Baden-Württemberg, and with around 129,000 inhabitants, it is Germany's 60th-largest city.
Ulm is located on the eastern edges of the Swabian Jura mountain range, on the up ...
) was a German stained glass
Stained glass refers to coloured glass as a material or art and architectural works created from it. Although it is traditionally made in flat panels and used as windows, the creations of modern stained glass artists also include three-dimensio ...
artist. Members of his family also practiced the art, including Jacob Acker the Younger and Jacob the Elder. He is best known for a series of six stained glass windows, dating to the 1430s, in the Ulm Münster
Ulm Minster () is a Gothic church located in Ulm, State of Baden-Württemberg (Germany). It was originally built as a Roman Catholic church but became a Lutheran Church in the 16th Century.
It is the tallest church in the world and in Eu ...
Lutheran church, each illustrating numerous scenes of the Bible.
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* 1380s births 1461 deaths German stained glass artists and manufacturers 15th-century German artists Artists from Ulm {{Germany-artist-stub