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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

30 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
    Part of: Der Ander Theil dess neuwen Kunstbuchs in welchem Reissen unnd Malen zu lehrnen allen Kunstliebhabenden zu Nutz an Tag geben, durch die kunstreichen und weit berühmten Jost Ammon und Tobias Stimmer
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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
    Part of: Der Ander Theil dess neuwen Kunstbuchs in welchem Reissen unnd Malen zu lehrnen allen Kunstliebhabenden zu Nutz an Tag geben, durch die kunstreichen und weit berühmten Jost Ammon und Tobias Stimmer
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    Johann Guenther [Guinter]. Woodcut by T. Stimmer, 1590.

    | Date: 1590 | Reference: 3836i

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