Wilhelm Pleydenwurff

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Wilhelm Pleydenwurff (* 1460 in Nuremberg ; † 1494 ibid) was a German painter and wood sculptor.

Life

His father Hans Pleydenwurff , who moved from Bamberg , was an important Nuremberg painter. Wilhelm was probably the youngest of three sons. He worked with his future stepfather Michael Wohlgemut , Albrecht Dürer's teacher . Together with good cheer, he designed the pictures in Hartmann Schedel's World Chronicle published in 1493 .

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