Tobias Stimmer, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Tobias Stimmer

Swiss artist

Date of Birth: 07-Apr-1539

Place of Birth: Schaffhausen, Switzerland

Date of Death: 04-Jan-1584

Profession: painter, printmaker

Nationality: Switzerland, Germany

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Tobias Stimmer (7 April 1539 – 4 January 1584) was a Swiss painter and illustrator.
His most famous work is the paintings on the Strasbourg astronomical clock.
He died in Strasbourg. He was born in Schaffhausen, and was active in Schaffhausen, Strasbourg and Baden-Baden as a wall and portrait painter.
He made a great number of drawings for woodcuts (Bible scenes, allegories, etc.) which were published by the printer Sigmund Feyerabend in Frankfurt am Main, and Bernhart Jobin in Strasbourg. Stimmer followed Hans Holbein the Younger, but developed his own mannerism.
Among his wall paintings remain the "House zum Ritter" in Schaffhausen, although this was actually much restored and changed.



Alternative names	Tobias Timmer; Tob. Stimmer
Description	German painter and printmaker
Date of birth/death	7 April 1539	4 January 1584
Location of birth/death	Schaffhausen	Straßburg
Work location	Schaffhausen, Zürich, Straßburg, Baden-Baden
Authority control	: Q677071 VIAF: 71658491 ISNI: 0000 0001 0858 5179 ULAN: 500012932 LCCN: n85095029 WGA: STIMMER, Tobias WorldCat