Bartholomäus Zeitblom (c. 1450 – c. 1519) was a

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painter, the chief master of the school of

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, where he is on official record from 1482 to 1518.

Biography

He was born in Nordlingen and was the pupil and son-in-law of Hans Schüchlein, but, unlike his master, was singularly free from Dutch and

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. Zeitblom's paintings are distinguished by artistic feeling and clear, cool, delicate color. His single figures are restrained and often beautiful; his treatment of

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is simple and graceful, but he lacked dramatic power. His principal works include the

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from the church at Heerberg (1497), and four panels from the Eschach altarpiece (1495), depicting "The Two Saint Johns," the "

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," and " Visitation," all in the Royal Gallery,

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; the great altarpiece with "Scenes from the Passion" and the "History of

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," in the church at

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; four panels with the "Legend of St. Valentine," in the Augsburg Gallery; a "

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," in the Germanic Museum at

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; the "Handkerchief of St. Veronica," in the Berlin Gallery, and " St. Margaret," and "

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," in the

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Pinakhotek; the altarpiece featuring an Annunciation in the Louvre. One of his prominent pupils was the German painter Hans Maler zu Schwaz.

Gallery

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'' File:Bartholomäus zeitblom, s. caterina d'alessandria.JPG, ''Saint Catherine'' File:Bartholomäus Zeitblom-Kilchberger Altar-1076.jpg, ''Saint Margaret''

References

* * Domenico Sedini
Bartholomäus Zeitblom
online catalogu
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