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Michael Ostendorfer

Also known as: Michael Ostendorfer; primary name: Ostendorfer, Michael
Details: individual; painter/draughtsman; printmaker; German; Male
Life dates: c.1490-1559
Biography: Painter and designer of woodcuts, worked in Regensburg, Neumarkt and then Amberg for counts of the Palatine court. From 1549 until 1559 he returned to Regensburg; became impoverished towards the end of his life and died in an almshouse. His prints of 1519-20 done under the influence of Altdorfer in connection with the cult of the 'Beautiful Virgin' in Regensburg constitute the most interesting part of his work. A series of paintings of the life of the Virgin and an altarpiece of St Eligius painted for the goldsmiths' guild in Regensburg also date from this period. He also designed woodcut portraits, topographical illustrations, maps and woodcuts for Protestant literature.
Bibliography: J. R. Schuegraf, 'Lebensgeschichtliche Nachrichten uber den Maler und Burger Michael Ostendorfer in Regensburg', 'Verhandlung des historischen Vereines von Oberpfalz und Regensburg', xiv (new series vi), Regensburg, 1850, pp. 1ff.; A. Wynen, 'Michael Ostendorfer: Ein Regensburger Maler der Reformationszeit', dissertation, Freiburg, 1962; Hollstein, xxx and xxxi, 1991, for further literature; Bartrum 1995

25 related objects

drawing

Museum number: 1997,0712.30 |
Producer name: Drawn by:AnonymousFormerly attributed to:Michael Ostendorfer |
Production date: 1520

illustrated book; print

Museum number: 1853,0709.1.1-25 |
Producer name: Print made by:Michael OstendorferPublished by:Hansen Khol |
Production date: 1554 |
Production place: Published in:Regensburg

print

Museum number: 1845,0809.1666 |
Producer name: BIOG40766 Print made by:Michael Ostendorfer |
Production date: 1548

print

Museum number: 1895,0122.77 |
Producer name: BIOG40766 Print made by:Michael Ostendorfer |
Production date: 1519-1523

print

Museum number: 1977,1001.45 |
Producer name: Print made by:Michael OstendorferPublished by:Hans Guldenmundt |
Production date: 1547

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1845,0809.1667 |
Producer name: BIOG40766 Print made by:Michael Ostendorfer |
Production date: 1534

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1852,0612.47 |
Producer name: Print made by:Michael OstendorferPrinted by:Hieronymous Andreae |
Production date: 1539 |
Production place: Printed in:Nuremberg

print

Title: Caspar Othmayr |
Museum number: Bb,16.799 |
Producer name: BIOG40766 Print made by:Michael Ostendorfer |
Production date: 1547-1559

print

Title: Wahrhafftige Contrafactur und Verzeichnus dess neuwen Schloss und dess Hochgewildts im Lörserwald zw |
Museum number: 1895,0122.243 |
Producer name: BIOG40766 Print made by:Michael Ostendorfer |
Production date: 1543

print

Museum number: 1845,0809.1668 |
Producer name: BIOG40766 Print made by:Michael Ostendorfer |
Production date: 1556

print

Museum number: 1927,1008.400 |
Producer name: Print made by:Michael OstendorferPublished by:Hans Daubmann |
Production date: 1545

print; book-illustration

Museum number: E,9.200 |
Producer name: Print made by:Michael OstendorferPrinted by:Peter Apian |
Production date: 1540 |
Production place: Printed in:Ingolstadt

print

Museum number: 1873,0712.170 |
Producer name: BIOG40766 After:Michael Ostendorfer |
Production date: 1642

print

Museum number: 1860,0114.349 |
Producer name: Print made by:Lucas Cranach the ElderFormerly attributed to:Michael Ostendorfer |
Production date: 1545

print

Title: Wahre Abbildung der so genannten Regensburgischen Capelle zur schönen Maria |
Museum number: 1876,0510.665 |
Producer name: BIOG40766 After:Michael Ostendorfer |
Production date: 1600

print

Museum number: 1895,0122.78 |
Producer name: Print made by:Michael OstendorferAfter:Hans Hieber |
Production date: 1519

print

Museum number: 1977,1001.46 |
Producer name: Print made by:Michael OstendorferPublished by:Hans Guldenmundt |
Production date: 1547

print

Museum number: 1924,0112.328 |
Producer name: BIOG40766 Attributed to:Michael Ostendorfer |
Production date: 1519-1530

print

Museum number: 1870,0625.143 |
Producer name: BIOG40766 Print made by:Michael Ostendorfer |
Production date: 1519-1523

print

Museum number: 1909,0612.30 |
Producer name: BIOG40766 Attributed to:Michael Ostendorfer |
Production date: 1510-1559

print; broadside

Title: Contrafactur der Kirchen zu Regenspurg, welche zu der schonen Maria genannt worden |
Museum number: 1873,0712.155 |
Producer name: BIOG40766 Print made by:Michael Ostendorfer |
Production date: 1519-1523 1610

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1940,0617.49 |
Producer name: Print made by:Michael OstendorferPrint made by:Sebald Beham |
Production date: 1530 |
Production place: Printed in:Ingolstadt

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