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Tobias Stimmer

Swiss artist (1539-1584)

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Images from the collections

Images by Tobias Stimmer

23 images from works
  • An elderly man taunted by a skeleton, as he sits and ponders in a vanitas conceit. Woodcut by Tobias Stimmer, 1580.
  • Marsilius Ficinus. Woodcut by T. Stimmer.
  • A sick old woman, sitting supported by pillows as a skeleton pounces aiming his spear at her eyes. Woodcut by Tobias Stimmer, 1580.
  • Leonard Fuchs. Woodcut by T. Stimmer, 1587.
  • Claudius Ptolemaeus (Ptolemy). Woodcut by T. Stimmer, 1587.
  • Guglielmus Gratarolus. Line engraving by T. Stimmer, 1587.
  • Count Albert Bollstaedt (Saint Albertus Magnus). Stipple engraving by R. Cooper after T. Stimmer, 1587.
  • Joannes Planerius [Giovanni Pianero]. Woodcut after T. Stimmer, 1574.
  • Wolfgang Lazius. Woodcut by T. Stimmer [?], 1590.
  • Hieronymus Fracastorius. Woodcut by T. Stimmer, 1589, after F. Torbido.

Works from the collections

31 works

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    Paolo Giovio. Woodcut by T. Stimmer, 1589.

    | Date: 1589 | Reference: 3587i
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    Hieronymus Fracastorius. Woodcut by T. Stimmer, 1589, after F. Torbido.

    Torbido, Francesco, approximately 1482-approximately 1562. | Date: 1589 | Reference: 10091i
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    A sumptuously dressed lady gestures towards a mid-air battle between winged fools; small injured figures fall from a bird-house like edifice. Woodcut by Tobias Stimmer, 1580.

    Stimmer, Tobias, 1539-1584. | Date: [1580] | Reference: 37468i
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    An elderly man taunted by a skeleton, as he sits and ponders in a vanitas conceit. Woodcut by Tobias Stimmer, 1580.

    Stimmer, Tobias, 1539-1584. | Date: [1580] | Reference: 37427i
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    Johann Guenther [Guinter]. Woodcut by T. Stimmer, 1590.

    | Date: 1590 | Reference: 3836i

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