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Sigmund Feyerabend (1528– 22 April 1590) was a

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and publisher at Frankfort. To him are attributed the

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s from the designs of

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in a German Bible printed at Frankfort in 1561, and the portraits of the

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in Kellner's ''Chronica,'' also printed at Frankfort in 1574. He died in 1590. He signed his cuts with ''SF'' or a

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. Several of his relations also were wood-engravers, and one of them, M. Feyerabend, who worked about 1578, executed several figures after Melchior Lorch. His business was highly successful, but his son-in-law, Kuno Wiederhold, married to Katharina Maria Feyerabend, incurred heavy debts, leaving little for the younger, minor son, Karl Sigmund Feyerabend (+ 15 Jul 1609).Pallmann: Sigmund Feyerabend, sein Leben und seine geschäftlichen Verbindungen; Frankfurt am Main, 1881 p.62 (Archiv für Prankfurts Geschichte und Kunst)

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* 1528 births 1590 deaths German illustrators German booksellers German printers Businesspeople from Heidelberg {{Germany-artist-stub