Berthold Landauer
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Berthold Landauer (fl. 1396, d. 1430/1432) was a German
painter active in Nuremberg
. His name is first mentioned in civic registers, tax
lists, and municipal accounts in 1396. In that year he was accepted as a citizen, taking a civic oath under the title of "painter". Tax registers of the St. Sebaldus district record that a "Ber[thold] painter" lived there; according to an entry in 1408's edition of the Harnischbuch, "Berchtold painter" was required to provide a suit of armor upon his conscription into the military. In 1413 is seen the name "Berchtold Landauer" for the first time. In 1421 the master was listed for the first time as a householder. Landauer is known to have married, and to have had three sons; the eldest, Marcus (d. 1468), is included in the recruitment list of 1429 as "Marcus painter". He was dead by 1432, in which year a letter from Sebald Schreyer, master of the church of St. Sebaldus
, remembers him as "the late Master Berchtold painter".
Some scholars have attempted to link Landauer with the Master of the Imhoff Altar
; these attempts are based on the presence of the two artists in the same city at the same time, and are generally unsupported by stylistic evidence.
Germany
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painter active in Nuremberg
Nuremberg
Nuremberg[p] is a city in the German state of Bavaria, in the administrative region of Middle Franconia. Situated on the Pegnitz river and the Rhine–Main–Danube Canal, it is located about north of Munich and is Franconia's largest city. The population is 505,664...
. His name is first mentioned in civic registers, tax
Tax
To tax is to impose a financial charge or other levy upon a taxpayer by a state or the functional equivalent of a state such that failure to pay is punishable by law. Taxes are also imposed by many subnational entities...
lists, and municipal accounts in 1396. In that year he was accepted as a citizen, taking a civic oath under the title of "painter". Tax registers of the St. Sebaldus district record that a "Ber[thold] painter" lived there; according to an entry in 1408's edition of the Harnischbuch, "Berchtold painter" was required to provide a suit of armor upon his conscription into the military. In 1413 is seen the name "Berchtold Landauer" for the first time. In 1421 the master was listed for the first time as a householder. Landauer is known to have married, and to have had three sons; the eldest, Marcus (d. 1468), is included in the recruitment list of 1429 as "Marcus painter". He was dead by 1432, in which year a letter from Sebald Schreyer, master of the church of St. Sebaldus
Sebaldus
St. Sebaldus of Nuremberg is venerated as the patron saint of Nuremberg, traditional administrative centre of Franconia, and the guarantor of its independence...
, remembers him as "the late Master Berchtold painter".
Some scholars have attempted to link Landauer with the Master of the Imhoff Altar
Master of the Imhoff Altar
The Master of the Imhoff Altar was a German painter. His name comes from an altarpiece, dating to between 1418 and 1422, commissioned by Konrad Imhoff for the Lorenzkirche in Nuremberg. Only the central panel, depicting the Coronation of the Virgin, and the wings, depicting several apostles, are...
; these attempts are based on the presence of the two artists in the same city at the same time, and are generally unsupported by stylistic evidence.