Wilhelm Stetter
Illustration — Christ before Pilatus, 1535 (Musée de l’Œuvre Notre-Dame, Strasbourg) Wilhelm Stetter (1487–1552) was a German Renaissance painter from Alsace. He was born and died in Strasbourg. Stetter was long known by the notname Master W. S. with the Maltese cross until he was identified in 1952 by the scholar Jean Rott (1911–1998).
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Wilhelm Stetter
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- Born
- 1487 · Strasbourg.
- Died
- 1552 · Strasbourg.
- Nationality
- Germany
- Occupation
- painter · artist
- Known for
- Adoration of the Three Kings
- Languages
- German
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Illustration — Christ before Pilatus, 1535 (Musée de l’Œuvre Notre-Dame, Strasbourg) Wilhelm Stetter (1487–1552) was a German Renaissance painter from Alsace. He was born and died in Strasbourg. Stetter was long known by the notname Master W. S. with the Maltese cross until he was identified in 1952 by the scholar Jean Rott (1911–1998).
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Born at Strasbourg in 1487, died in Strasbourg in 1552.
The recorded working language is German. Places of work recorded in the authority are Strasbourg. Works named in the authority record are Adoration of the Three Kings. Work by Wilhelm Stetter is recorded in the collections of Unterlinden Museum, Walters Art Museum, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Strasbourg, Museum of Fine Arts of Nancy and Humanist Library of Sélestat.
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1487
Wilhelm Stetter was born in 1487 at Strasbourg.
1552
Wilhelm Stetter died in 1552 at Strasbourg.
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- 1.Oxford art online. Macmillan. ©2002-. 1-884446-05-1.
- 2.tableau : Christ de douleur, ou Ecce Homo. www2.culture.gouv.fr.
- 3.Chefs-d'œuvre du Moyen Âge à l'époque baroque présentés au Augustinermuseum à Freiburg i. Br., städtische museen Freiburg im Breisgau, Deutscher Kunstverlag, 152-153.
Bibliography printed in the source article · 2
- Victor Beyer, « Wilhelm Stetter », in Nouveau dictionnaire de biographie alsacienne, vol. 36, p. 3762
- Le maitre W.S. à la croix de Malte, Wilhelm Stetter, Jean Rott, Fédération des sociétés d'histoire et d'archéologie d'Alsace, 1952 - 119 pages
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