Marx Weiß

Marx Weiß
Virgin of Mercy (German:Schutzmantelmadonna), 1563
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Marx Weiß the Younger (c. 1518 in Balingen - 25 February 1580 in Überlingen; also known as Marx Weiß of Balingen) was a late Gothic German painter. He was the son of painter Marx Weiß the Elder, and the brother of painter Joseph Weiß.

References

  • Heidrun Bucher-Schlichtenberger: Künstlerspuren in Balingen in 750 Jahre Stadt Balingen, Balingen, 2005, ps. 454-455.
  • Eckart Hannmann: Die Balinger Malerfamilie Weiß (15./16. Jhd.) in Der Zollernalbkreis, second revised edition, Stuttgart, 1989, ps. 218-219.
  • Karl Obser: Der Überlinger Maler Marx Weiss († 1580) und seine Familie, in ZGO 71 (1917), p. 131.


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