Martin Schaffner
Illustration — Martin Schaffner, Painted tabletop for Erasmus Stedelin, 1533 Martin Schaffner (c. 1478) was a German painter and medallist. Schaffner was born, lived and worked primarily in Ulm.
Also recorded as Schaffner
Martin Schaffner
Mogadir · Public domain
- Born
- 1478 · Ulm.
- Died
- 1548 · Ulm.
- Nationality
- Germany
- Occupation
- painter · engraver · sculptor
- Languages
- German
VALÉORINE Encyclopedia
VALÉORINE documentary reading
Documentary summary
Illustration — Martin Schaffner, Painted tabletop for Erasmus Stedelin, 1533 Martin Schaffner (c. 1478) was a German painter and medallist. Schaffner was born, lived and worked primarily in Ulm.
Admitted source layer · organised and presented by VALÉORINE
Reference Check
Propose documentary evidence for Martin Schaffner. A contribution is never written directly as fact: identity, source, rights and evidence gates still decide.
Sign in to contribute
World of VALÉORINE
Documentary connections
Only confirmed graph relationships appear here. Images are shown only when their identity and reuse rights both pass the documentary gate.
Documentary evidence
Documentary basis
Authority files
wikidata · Q877065
In this article
Biography
His birth year is calculated based on a self-portrait medal he created in 1522 in which he describes himself as 44 years old. Schaffner initially apprenticed under Jörg Stocker. Records indicate he was a taxpaying householder in Ulm in 1499, suggesting that he had meanwhile become an independent master, free to develop along his own lines. He specialized in religious-themed works, often altar pieces. He died in Ulm in 1548.
The recorded working language is German. Places of work recorded in the authority are Ulm. Work by Martin Schaffner is recorded in the collections of Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, Hessen Kassel Heritage, Philadelphia Museum of Art, National Museum in Warsaw and Kunsthistorisches Museum.
Notes from the source article
Cited by Wikipedia
Notes from the source article
These works are cited by the source article, in its own numbering. They are recorded as its citations, not as sources VALÉORINE has verified.
- 1.Barbara Maier-Lörcher: Meisterwerke Ulmer Kunst. Ostfildern 2004, ISBN 3-7995-8004-2, S. 33.
- 2.Haus der Bayerischen Geschichte: Martin Schaffner, abgerufen am 21. Oktober 2014.
- 3.Erwin Treu (Hrsg.): Ulmer Museum, Katalog I: Bildhauerei und Malerei vom 13. Jahrhundert bis 1600. Ulm 1981, S. 215.
- 4.Erwin Treu (Hrsg.): Ulmer Museum, Katalog I: Bildhauerei und Malerei vom 13. Jahrhundert bis 1600. Ulm 1981, S. 214.
- 5.Erwin Treu (Hrsg.): Ulmer Museum, Katalog I: Bildhauerei und Malerei vom 13. Jahrhundert bis 1600. Ulm 1981, S. 217.
- 6.Erwin Treu (Hrsg.): Ulmer Museum, Katalog I: Bildhauerei und Malerei vom 13. Jahrhundert bis 1600. Ulm 1981, S. 216.
- 7.Erwin Treu (Hrsg.): Ulmer Museum, Katalog I: Bildhauerei und Malerei vom 13. Jahrhundert bis 1600. Ulm 1981, S. 218.
- 8.Erwin Treu (Hrsg.): Ulmer Museum, Katalog I: Bildhauerei und Malerei vom 13. Jahrhundert bis 1600. Ulm 1981, S. 219.
- 9.Siegfried Graf Pückler-Limpurg: Martin Schaffner (=Studien zur Deutschen Kunstgeschichte. Heft 20). Straßburg 1899, S. 17–18
References
Citations
References
Each reference names the institution holding it, so a reader may go to the document itself.
reference work
Secondary witness
The Encyclopedia exists whether or not anything is for sale. Corrections are recorded rather than overwritten, and every version of this record is kept. Published 16 August 2026.
Elsewhere in Prints
4,138 published records in this field, each with its sources named.
- Martin EngelbrechtEngraver
- Martin Ferdinand QuadalEngraver
- Martin FréminetEngraver
- Martin Johann SchmidtEngraver
- Martin SchongauerEngraver
- Martin SchottEngraver
- Martino FerraboscoEngraver
- Mary Anne TrotterEngraver
Best supported in this field
For owners
Own a work by Martin Schaffner?
A specialist will read what you send and tell you what the house can establish, what it cannot, and whether the object is suited to sale. There is no charge and no obligation. The object stays with you throughout; nothing is shipped to us unless it is arranged in writing beforehand.