Hans Leonhard Schäufelein
Graceful Dürer-influenced painter and woodcut designer
Hans Leonhard Schäufelein was a German artist, as a painter and designer of woodcuts. He was born in Nuremberg, probably studied under Wohlgemut, and then became the assistant of Dürer, whom he imitated. In 1512 he went to Augsburg and in 1515 removed to Nordlingen. He is a graceful narrator, and his types, though rarely accurately drawn, are attractive, but he lacks power and depth. Characteristic early paintings are the altarpiece at Ober Sankt Veit near Vienna (1502), "Scenes from the Life of Christ" (Dresden Gallery), and "St. Jerome" (Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Nuremberg). To his Nordlingen period belong his masterpiece, the so-called "Ziegler Altar" for St. George's Church (1521), part of which is still in the church, part in the museum; "Scenes from the Story of Judith," in the town hall; and the illuminated Psalter for Count von Ottingen, now in the Berlin print room. His most important woodcuts are those for the Theuerdank of Emperor Maximilian. Schäufelein created a playing card deck about 1535, which is regarded as a highlight in German 16th century playing card production.
Artworks by this artist
- Portrait of a man, bust-length, wearing a hat ca. 1510[-]15
- Boy on a high horse 1518
- The Dormition of the Virgin ca. 1510
- Christ Carrying the Cross ca. 1510
- Crowded calvary
- Virgin with Child and the Infant Saint John the Baptist 1517
- Frau und Tod als Schleppenträger ca 1506-1507
- Adoration of the Shepherds c. 1510
- Landsknecht early 16th century
- Christ Taking Leave of His Mother 1510
- Mönch, Henker und Delinquent
- Portrait of a Young Man Hans 1504
- Portrait of a Man c. 1507
- Portrait of a man in a yellow jacket c. 1507
- Portrait of a Man with Red Cap 1505-06
- Sieben Soldaten unter dem Kreuz 1505 [-] 1507