Tobias Stimmer

Tobias Stimmer (7 April 1539^[1] – 4 January 1584^[2]) was a Swiss painter and illustrator. His most famous work is the paintings on the Strasbourg astronomical clock.

House zum Ritter

Tobias Stimmer
Portrait of Stimmer by Conrad Meyer, c. 1660s
Born	(1539-04-07)7 April 1539 Schaffhausen, Old Swiss Confederacy
Died	4 January 1584(1584-01-04) (aged 44) Strasbourg, Holy Roman Empire
Nationality	Swiss
Known for	Portraits, Illustrations
Notable work	Portrait of Jacob Schwytzer and his wife Elsbeth Lochmann
Movement	Renaissance

Portrait of Jacob Schwytzer and his wife Elsbeth Lochmann

Biography

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.

References

• Hans Lieb: Tobias Stimmers Geburt und Tod, in Schaffhauser Beiträge zur Geschichte, vol 67, pages 255-262, 1990.