Hans Leonhard Schäufelein (c. 1480–1540) was a
German
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artist, as a painter and designer of
woodcut
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s.
Biography
He was born in
Nuremberg
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, probably studied under
Wohlgemut, and then became the assistant of
Dürer, whom he imitated. In 1512 he went to
Augsburg
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and in 1515 removed to
Nordlingen.
He is a graceful narrator, and his types, though rarely accurately drawn, are attractive, but he lacks power and depth. Characteristic early paintings are the
altarpiece
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at
Ober Sankt Veit
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near Vienna (1502), "Scenes from the Life of Christ" (
Dresden Gallery
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), and "
St. Jerome" (
Germanisches Nationalmuseum
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, Nuremberg).
To his Nordlingen period belong his
masterpiece
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Historically, ...
, the so-called "Ziegler Altar" for St. George's Church (1521), part of which is still in the church, part in the museum; "Scenes from the Story of Judith," in the town hall; and the illuminated Psalter for Count von Ottingen, now in the
Berlin print room. His most important woodcuts are those for the ''
Theuerdank'' of
Emperor Maximilian.
Schäufelein created a
playing card
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deck about 1535, which is regarded as a highlight in German 16th century playing card production.
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References
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16th-century German painters
German male painters
1480s births
1540 deaths
Painters from Nuremberg
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