Tobias Stimmer

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House zum Ritter

Portrait of Jacob Schwytzer and his wife Elsbeth Lochmann

Tobias Stimmer (7 April^[1] 1539 – 4 January^[2] 1584) was a Swiss painter and illustrator. His most famous work is the paintings on the Strasbourg astronomical clock. He died in Strasbourg.

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.

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Hans Lieb: Tobias Stimmers Geburt und Tod, in Schaffhauser Beiträge zur Geschichte, vol 67, pages 255-262, 1990.

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^ He was not born on April 17, see Lieb 1990.
^ In the old style.

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Tobias Stimmer

Tobias Stimmer in the German National Library catalogue (German)
Pictures of the House zum Ritter in the Schaffhausen city archives
Mannerism article, Columbia encyclopedia

[0] He was not born on April 17, see Lieb 1990.

[1] In the old style.

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Date of birth	7 April 1539
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Date of death	4 January 1584
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