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Willibald Pirckheimer

Also known as: Willibald Pirckheimer; primary name: Pirckheimer, Willibald
Details: individual; academic/intellectual; German; Male
Life dates: 1470-1530
Biography: Leading humanist in Nuremberg and close friend of Albrecht Dürer, grew up in Eichstätt, went to Italy in 1488 to study law for seven years at the universities of Padua and Pavia. Created one of the finest libraries of the period, which was later sold by his descendant Hans Hieronymus Imhoff to the Earl of Arundel in 1636. Much ended up in the library of the Royal Society which sold it in the early XXc, as discussed by David Paisey.
Bibliography: 'WB, Dokumente, Studien, Perspektiven ...', Nuremberg 1970; David Paisey, 'Searching for Pirckheimer's Books in the Remains of the Arundal Library at the Royal Society' Pirckheimer Jahrbuch für Renaissance und Humanismusforschung 22 (2007) 159-218.

58 related objects

book; print

Museum number: 1904,0206.30 |
Producer name: BIOG24299 Print made by:Albrecht Dürer |
Production date: 1513

book; print

Museum number: 1904,0206.28 |
Producer name: BIOG24299 Print made by:Albrecht Dürer |
Production date: 1513

book; print

Museum number: 1908,0430.1 |
Producer name: BIOG24299 Print made by:Albrecht Dürer |
Production date: 1525

book; print

Museum number: 1904,0206.27 |
Producer name: BIOG24299 Print made by:Albrecht Dürer |
Production date: 1513

book; print

Museum number: 1906,1231.2 |
Producer name: Print made by:Albrecht DürerPrinted by:Anton Koberger |
Production date: 1498 |
Production place: Printed in:Nuremberg

book; print

Museum number: 1904,0206.29 |
Producer name: BIOG24299 Print made by:Albrecht Dürer |
Production date: 1513

drawing

Museum number: 1932,0709.2 |
Producer name: BIOG24299 Drawn by:Albrecht Dürer |
Production date: 1507-1519

drawing

Museum number: SL,5218.152 |
Producer name: BIOG24299 Circle/School of:Albrecht Dürer |
Production date: 1520-1525

drawing

Museum number: SL,5218.117 |
Producer name: BIOG24299 Circle/School of:Albrecht Dürer |
Production date: 1515-1520

drawing

Museum number: SL,5218.65 |
Producer name: BIOG24299 Drawn by:Albrecht Dürer |
Production date: 1528

drawing

Museum number: SL,5218.151 |
Producer name: BIOG24299 Circle/School of:Albrecht Dürer |
Production date: 1471-1528

illustrated book; print; title-page

Museum number: 1904,0206.124 |
Producer name: BIOG150010 Published by:Martin Landsberg |
Production date: 1519 |
Production place: Published in:Leipzig (region)

illustrated book; print; title-page

Museum number: 1904,0206.110 |
Producer name: Print made by:Hans WeiditzPublished by:Silvan Otmar |
Production date: 1522 |
Production place: Published in:Augsburg

illustrated book; print; title-page

Museum number: 1904,0206.49 |
Producer name: Print made by:Urs GrafPublished by:Johann Froben |
Production date: 1513 |
Production place: Published in:Basel

illustrated book; print; title-page

Museum number: 1904,0206.118 |
Producer name: BIOG149996 Published by:Matthes Maler |
Production date: 1521 |
Production place: Published in:Erfurt

illustrated book; print; title-page

Museum number: 1904,0206.113 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jacob FaberAfter:Hans Holbein the Younger |
Production date: 1523 |
Production place: Published in:Basel

illustrated book; print; title-page

Museum number: 1904,0206.126 |
Producer name: AUTH224581 Published by:Johann Schöffer |
Production date: 1522 |
Production place: Published in:Mainz

illustrated book; print

Museum number: 1904,0206.11.1-4 |
Producer name: AUTH224427 Published by:Johan Landen |
Production date: 1508 |
Production place: Published in:Cologne (city)

illustrated book; print; title-page

Museum number: 1904,0206.17 |
Producer name: Print made by:Hans WeiditzPrint made by:Daniel Hopfer |
Production date: 1519 |
Production place: Published in:Augsburg

illustrated book; print; title-page

Museum number: 1904,0206.34 |
Producer name: Print made by:Erhard SchönPublished by:Friedrich Peypus |
Production date: 1515 |
Production place: Published in:Nuremberg

illustrated book; print

Museum number: 1904,0206.39 |
Producer name: Print made by:Wolf TrautPublished by:Höltzel, Hieronymus |
Production date: 1513 |
Production place: Published in:Nuremberg

print; book-illustration

Title: Bilibaldus Pirckhaimerus, / Senator Norimbergensis |
Museum number: Bb,12.505 |
Producer name: After:Albrecht DürerPublished by:Johann Jakob Haid |
Production date: 1747 |
Production place: Published in:Augsburg

print

Museum number: 1870,0813.323 |
Producer name: Print made by:Ralf Leopold von Retberg-WettbergenAfter:Albrecht Dürer |
Production date: 1865

print; bookplate

Museum number: 1904,0206.153.+ |
Producer name: BIOG146405 Print made by:Monogrammist IB |
Production date: 1529

print

Museum number: Gg,4O.15 |
Producer name: BIOG146405 Print made by:Monogrammist IB |
Production date: 1529

print; book-illustration; book

Museum number: 1904,0206.112 |
Producer name: Print made by:Hans Holbein the YoungerPrint made by:Urs Graf |
Production date: 1518 |
Production place: Published in:Basel

print; illustrated book; title-page

Museum number: 1904,0206.31 |
Producer name: Print made by:Hans SpringinkleePublished by:Friedrich Peypus |
Production date: 1522 |
Production place: Published in:Nuremberg

print

Museum number: E,2.100 |
Producer name: BIOG24299 Print made by:Albrecht Dürer |
Production date: 1524

print; illustrated book

Museum number: 1908,1107.1 |
Producer name: Print made by:Lucas Cranach the ElderPublished by:Wolfgang Stöckel |
Production date: 1511 |
Production place: Published in:Leipzig

print

Title: Liber Bilibaldi Pirckheimer |
Museum number: E,2.392 |
Producer name: BIOG24299 Print made by:Albrecht Dürer |
Production date: 1502

print; title-page

Museum number: 1900,1019.149 |
Producer name: Print made by:AnonymousPrinted by:Friedrich Peypus |
Production date: 1523 |
Production place: Printed in:Nuremberg

print; illustrated book

Museum number: 1972,U.97 |
Producer name: Print made by:Ambrosius HolbeinPrint made by:Hans Holbein the Younger |
Production date: 1518 |
Production place: Published in:Basel

print; bookplate

Title: Bilibaldi Pirkeymheri Effigies |
Museum number: 2006,U.3176 |
Producer name: BIOG24299 Print made by:Albrecht Dürer |
Production date: 1524

print; frontispiece

Title: Wilibald Pirckhaimer |
Museum number: Bb,15.219 |
Producer name: BIOG24299 After:Albrecht Dürer |
Production date: 1776

print; illustrated book; title-page

Museum number: 1904,0206.131.1-2 |
Producer name: BIOG143117 Published by:Johann Schott |
Production date: 1521 |
Production place: Published in:Strasbourg (Bas-Rhin)

print; bookplate

Museum number: 1904,0206.153 |
Producer name: BIOG24299 Print made by:Albrecht Dürer |
Production date: 1524

print

Title: Bilibaldus Pirckheymerus Nurembergensis Virorum Doctorum de Disciplinis benemerentium Effi |
Museum number: 1925,1117.101 |
Producer name: Print made by:Philips GallePublished by:Philips Galle |
Production date: 1567 |
Production place: Published in:Antwerp (city)

print

Title: Liber Bilibaldi Pirckheimer |
Museum number: 1895,0122.765 |
Producer name: BIOG24299 Print made by:Albrecht Dürer |
Production date: 1502

print; book-illustration

Title: Bilibaldus Pirckhaimerus |
Museum number: 1847,0306.211 |
Producer name: Published by:Johann Jakob HaidAfter:Albrecht Dürer |
Production date: 1747 |
Production place: Published in:Augsburg

print; book-illustration

Title: Bilibaldus Pirckhaimerus |
Museum number: 1902,1011.7622 |
Producer name: Published by:Johann Jakob HaidAfter:Albrecht Dürer |
Production date: 1747 |
Production place: Published in:Augsburg

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1909,1217.5 |
Producer name: BIOG51477 Print made by:Anton Woensam |
Production date: 1518 |
Production place: Published in:Cologne (city)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1907,1121.25 |
Producer name: Print made by:Anton WoensamPublished by:Johann Soter |
Production date: 1521 |
Production place: Published in:Cologne (city)

print; bookplate

Museum number: 1910,0212.310 |
Producer name: BIOG24299 Print made by:Albrecht Dürer |
Production date: 1524

print; illustrated book; title-page

Museum number: 1904,0206.134 |
Producer name: BIOG144362 Published by:Johannes Petreius |
Production date: 1527 |
Production place: Published in:Nuremberg

print

Museum number: E,3.34 |
Producer name: BIOG24299 Print made by:Albrecht Dürer |
Production date: 1524

print

Title: Bilibaldus Pirckheimer |
Museum number: Bb,10.467 |
Producer name: Print made by:Georg Wolfgang KnorrAfter:Albrecht Dürer |
Production date: 1726-1742

print

Title: Bilibaldus Pirckheymerus / Nurenbergensis Virorum Doctorum de Disciplinis benemerentium Effi |
Museum number: 1864,0309.39 |
Producer name: Print made by:Philips GalleAfter:Albrecht Dürer |
Production date: 1572 |
Production place: Published in:Antwerp (city)

print; illustrated book; title-page

Museum number: 1904,0206.32 |
Producer name: Print made by:Hans SpringinkleePublished by:Friedrich Peypus |
Production date: 1522 |
Production place: Published in:Nuremberg

print; broadside

Title: Neydharts Werckstadt. Durch eine gantz artige vor etlichen und Sibentzig Jahren Sinreiche Invention |
Museum number: 1880,0710.847 |
Producer name: After:Monogrammist IBPrinted by:Christoff Lochner the Elder |
Production date: 1599-1614 |
Production place: Printed in:Nuremberg

print

Museum number: 1845,0809.1256 |
Producer name: BIOG146405 Print made by:Monogrammist IB |
Production date: 1529

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1895,0420.13 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1550-1700

print; bookplate

Museum number: Rosenheim.276 |
Producer name: BIOG146405 Print made by:Monogrammist IB |
Production date: 1529

print

Museum number: 1845,0809.537 |
Producer name: BIOG24299 After:Albrecht Dürer |
Production date: 1524-1550

print

Title: Liber Bilibaldi Pirckheimer |
Museum number: 1972,U.1091 |
Producer name: BIOG24299 Print made by:Albrecht Dürer |
Production date: 1502

print; title-page

Museum number: 1895,0122.187 |
Producer name: Print made by:AnonymousPrinted by:Matthes Maler |
Production date: 1520 |
Production place: Printed in:Erfurt

title-page; print

Museum number: E,2.356 |
Producer name: BIOG24299 Print made by:Albrecht Dürer |
Production date: 1513

title-page; print

Title: Plutarchi Chaeronei de his qui tarde a numine corripiuntur libellus |
Museum number: 1895,0122.775 |
Producer name: BIOG24299 Print made by:Albrecht Dürer |
Production date: 1515

title-page; print

Museum number: 1850,1014.66 |
Producer name: Print made by:Albrecht DürerPrinted by:Friedrich Peypus |
Production date: 1513 |
Production place: Printed in:Nuremberg

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