Marx Weiß the Younger (c. 1518 - 25 February 1580; also known as Marx Weiß of Balingen) was a late

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painter. He was born in

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, the son of painter Marx Weiß the Elder, and the brother of painter

Joseph Weiß Joseph Weiß (born 1486 or 1487; died 1565) was a German Renaissance painter. Weiss was born and died in Balingen. He came from a family of painters: his father, Marx Weiß the Elder (died 1518), and brother, Marx Weiß Marx Weiß the You ...

. He died in

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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. 16th-century German painters German male painters Gothic painters 1510s births 1580 deaths {{Germany-painter-stub