Tobias Stimmer
Tobias Stimmer (7 April 1539 – 4 January 1584) was a Swiss painter and illustrator. His most famous work is the paintings on the Strasbourg astronomical clock. • Illustration — House zum Ritter
Also recorded as Tobias Timmer · Tob. Stimmer
Tobias Stimmer
Tobias Stimmer · The Cleveland Museum of Art · Dudley P. Allen Fund · CC0
- Name
- Tobias Stimmer
- Born
- 7 April 1539
- Birthplace
- Schaffhausen, Old Swiss Confederacy
- Died
- 4 January 1584
- Place of death
- Strasbourg, Holy Roman Empire
- Movement
- Renaissance
- Known for
- Portraits, Illustrations
- Nationality
- Switzerland · Germany · France
- Occupation
- painter · printmaker · illustrator · draftsperson · fresco painter · xylographer
- Fields
- portrait
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• Name — Tobias Stimmer • Born — 7 April 1539 • Birthplace — Schaffhausen, Old Swiss Confederacy • Died — 4 January 1584 • Place of death — Strasbourg, Holy Roman Empire • Movement — Renaissance • Known for — Portraits, Illustrations • Notable Works — Portrait of Jacob Schwytzer and his wife Elsbeth Lochmann • Illustration — Portrait of Jacob Schwytzer and his wife Elsbeth Lochmann
Biography
Biography
He was born in Schaffhausen, and was active in Schaffhausen, Strasbourg and Baden-Baden as a wall and portrait painter. He made a great number of drawings for woodcuts (Bible scenes, allegories, etc.) which were published by the printer Sigmund Feyerabend in Frankfurt am Main, and Bernhart Jobin in Strasbourg. Stimmer followed Hans Holbein the Younger, but developed his own mannerism. Among his wall paintings remain the "House zum Ritter" in Schaffhausen, although this was actually much restored and changed.
![A hunch-backed old man supported by a crutch with a whinnying horse behind. Woodcut by Tobias Stimmer, 1580., [1580], by Tobias Stimmer](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/V0049727ER/full/800,/0/default.jpg)
A hunch-backed old man supported by a crutch with a whinnying horse behind. Woodcut by Tobias Stimmer, 1580., [1580], by Tobias Stimmer
Tobias Stimmer · Wellcome Collection, London · Wellcome Collection
![An elderly man taunted by a skeleton, as he sits and ponders in a vanitas conceit. Woodcut by Tobias Stimmer, 1580., [1580], by Tobias Stimmer](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/V0049728EL/full/800,/0/default.jpg)
An elderly man taunted by a skeleton, as he sits and ponders in a vanitas conceit. Woodcut by Tobias Stimmer, 1580., [1580], by Tobias Stimmer
Tobias Stimmer · Wellcome Collection, London · Wellcome Collection
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1539
Tobias Stimmer born at Schaffhausen.
1584
Tobias Stimmer died at Strasbourg.
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- 1.He was not born on April 17, see Lieb 1990.
- 2.In the old style.
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The authorities additionally record the headings Tobias Timmer and Tob. His recorded language was German. His recorded confession was reformed.
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