Tobias Stimmer (7 April 1539 – 4 January 1584In the old style.) was a

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painter and illustrator. His most famous work is the paintings on the

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Biography

He was born in

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, and was active in Schaffhausen, Strasbourg and

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as a wall and portrait painter. He made a great number of drawings for

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s (Bible scenes, allegories, etc.) which were published by the printer Sigmund Feyerabend in

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, and Bernhart Jobin in Strasbourg. Stimmer followed

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, but developed his own

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. Among his wall paintings remain the "House zum Ritter" in Schaffhausen, although this was actually much restored and changed.

References

*Hans Lieb: ''Tobias Stimmers Geburt und Tod'', in ''Schaffhauser Beiträge zur Geschichte'', vol 67, pages 255-262, 1990.

Footnotes

External links

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Pictures of the House zum Ritter in the Schaffhausen city archivesMannerism article
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