- Hans Pleydenwurff
Hans Pleydenwurff (also "Pleidenwurff") (* c. 1420 probably in
Bamberg , †9 January 1472 inNürnberg ) was a German painter.His father was probably Kunz Pleydenwurff, a well-respected painter and part-time mayor in Bamberg. Since 1457, Hans lived in Nuremberg where he established an new style of realism, influenced by
Northern Renaissance painters. He probably was a teacher ofMichael Wolgemut .His son
Wilhelm Pleydenwurff (1460-1494) cooperated with Michael Wolgemut for the woodcuts ofHartmann Schedel 'sNuremberg Chronicle .Another son, Sebald, settled inEisleben , his profession is unknown.Work
*Hochaltar (
altarpiece ), St. Elisabeth inBreslau (1462, currently atGermanisches Nationalmuseum , Nuremberg)
*Portrait of Georg Graf Löwenstein, canon at Bamberg (Germanisches Nationalmuseum)
*Kalvarienberg of Georg Graf Löwenstein, canon at Bamberg (Germanisches Nationalmuseum)
*Hochaltar, Klarissenkirche inBamberg (Staatsgalerie Bamberg )
* "Hofer Altar", 1465 for St. Michaelis in Hof, since 1811 inAlte Pinakothek ,Munich
*"Kreuzigung" (crucification) (1470, Alte Pinakothek, München)External links
*
* http://www.artcyclopedia.com/artists/pleydenwurff_hans.html
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.