Joseph Weiß (born 1486 or 1487; died 1565) was a German Renaissance painter. Weiss was born and died in

Balingen Balingen (; Swabian: ''Balenga'') is a town in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, capital of the district of Zollernalbkreis. It is located near the Swabian Jura, approx. 35 km to the south of Tübingen, 35 km northeast of Villingen-Schwenn ...

. He came from a family of painters: his father, Marx Weiß the Elder (died 1518), and brother,

Marx Weiß Marx Weiß the Younger (c. 1518 - 25 February 1580; also known as Marx Weiß of Balingen) was a late Gothic German painter. He was born in Balingen, the son of painter Marx Weiß the Elder, and the brother of painter Joseph Weiß. He died in Ü ...

the Younger, were also painters. It is possible that he is the true identity of the anonymous painter known as the

Master of Meßkirch The Master of Meßkirch (German: Meister von Meßkirch; active c. 1515 - 1540) was an anonymous German Renaissance painter. Biography The so-called Master of Meßkirch is named after the eleven altarpieces (one main altarpiece and ten auxiliar ...

References

*Heidrun Bucher-Schlichtenberger: ''Künstlerspuren in Balingen'' in ''750 Jahre Stadt Balingen'', Balingen, 2005, p. 454-455 *Eckart Hannmann: ''Die Balinger Malerfamilie Weiß (15./16. Jhd.)'' in ''Der Zollernalbkreis'' 2nd revised edition, Stuttgart, 1989, p. 218-219 *Anna Moraht-Fromm and Hans Westhoff: ''Der Meister von Meßkirch'', ''Forschungen zur südwestdeutschen Malerei des 16. Jahrhunderts'', Ulm, 1997 *Hans Rott: ''Quellen und Forschungen zur südwestdeutschen und schweizerischen Kunstgeschichte im 15. und 16. Jahrhundert'', Stuttgart, 1833 16th-century German painters German male painters 1480s births 1565 deaths Year of birth uncertain {{Germany-painter-stub