Wolfgang Katzheimer the Elder
Illustration — Augustus and the Tiburtine Sibyl (circa 1500) by Wolfgang Katzheimer Wolfgang Katzheimer the elder (German: Wolfgang Katzheimer der Ältere; c. 1430 — 1508, Bamberg) was a German painter, draftsman, and designer. From 1465 he was master of a workshop in Bamberg that produced paintings and woodcarvings.
Also recorded as Wolfgang Katzheimer (I)
Wolfgang Katzheimer the Elder
Wolfgang Katzheimer (1478-1508) · anagoria · Public domain
- Died
- 1508 · Bamberg.
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- Germany
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- painter
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- German
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Illustration — Augustus and the Tiburtine Sibyl (circa 1500) by Wolfgang Katzheimer Wolfgang Katzheimer the elder (German: Wolfgang Katzheimer der Ältere; c. 1430 — 1508, Bamberg) was a German painter, draftsman, and designer. From 1465 he was master of a workshop in Bamberg that produced paintings and woodcarvings.
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Very little of his work has survived: two stone carvings that he designed and 22 woodcuts based on his drawings. No surviving paintings can with certainty be attributed to him. Katzheimer had two sons, Wolfgang Katzheimer the younger and Bernhard Katzheimer, who were both minor artists. It is possible that he was a close relative of the painter Lorenz Katzheimer, who was likely the anonymous master known as Master L.
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1450
Wolfgang Katzheimer the Elder born.
1508
Wolfgang Katzheimer the Elder died at Bamberg.
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- 1.Renate Baumgärtel-Fleischmann. "Katzheimer, Wolfgang." In Grove Art Online. Oxford Art Online, http://www.oxfordartonline.com/subscriber/article/grove/art/T046018 (accessed December 20, 2011; subscription required).
- 2.Hutchison, Jane Campbell. Six Centuries of Master Prints: treasures from the Herbert Greer French collection. Cincinnati Art Museum. 27–28. 1993. 0-931537-15-0.
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Bavarian State Painting Collections, Führermuseum and Germanisches Nationalmuseum
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