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Early German and Flemisli Woodeuts.—Part II.
VII.—WOLF TRAUT.
Wolf (Wolfgang) Traut, painter, engraver ancl clranghtsman on
wood; son of Hans Trant, a native of Spires, who worked at Nnrem-
berg ;1 date of birth unknown;2 painted his chief work, the altarpiece
of Artelshofen, now in the Bavarian National Museum at Munich, in
1514; illustrated books, from 1506 omvards, for Hieronymus Holzel,
Johann Weissenburger, and occasionally for other printers; d.
unmarried in 1520.
Authorities :—
Ueudorfer, “ Nachrichten,” ed. Lochner, 1875, p. 136.
Iviefhaber, “Nachrichten zur Geschichte cler freien Reic-hstadt
Niirnberg,” 1803, p. 152.
Nagler, K.-L. xix, 51, and Mon. v, 180, no. 900.
W. Schmidt, Repert. f. Kunstw. xi, 353 ; xii, 300; xvi, 307 ; and
Chronilc f. vervielfdlt. Kunst, 1891, iv, 9, 57.
S. Laschitzer, Jahrh. d. Jcunsthist. Samml. d. allerh. Kaiserhauses,
1888, viii, 78-80.
G. Hager, Kunstchronih, 1889, xxiv, 579, 597.
R. Muther, “ Hallisches Heiligthumsbuch vom Jahre 1520 ” (no.
13 of Hirth’s “ Liebhaber-Bibliothek ”), Munich, 1889.
H. Thode, “ Hie Malei’schule von Niirnbei’g,” Frankfort, 1891,
p. 272.
G. von Terey, “ Cardinal Albrecht von Brandenburg und das
Llalle’sche Heiligthumsbuch von 1520,” Strassburg, 1892,
pp. 85-106.
R. Muther, note on pl. 60 in Hirth’s “ Meister-Holzschnitte,”
Munich, 1893.
E. Elechsig, “ Cranachstudien. Erster Teil,” Leipzig, 1900, pp.
179-195.
P. Redlich, “Cardinal Albrecht von Brandenburg und das Neue
Stift zu Llalle,” Mainz, 1900, p. 213.
Traut is an artist of mediocre taste and accompliskment, wkose
works, tkougk often dated, are rarely signed, and kave consequently
fallen into oblivion. He signed one picture, tke Artelskofen altar-
piece; one engraving (P. iv, 173, 1); and tkree woodcuts, of tlie
years 1514, 1516 and 1520. Tlie engraving kas not muck ckaracter,
1 A largc drawing of St. Sebastian, certified as tlie work of Hans Traut by a note
in Diirer’s handwriting, is preserved in the university library at Erlangen. See Hager,
loc. cit. 601; Thode, op. cit. 103, 272.
2 G. Hager (Kunstchronik, xxiv, 600, note 3) infcrs that he was born about 1190
froni the fact, recorded by Neuddrfer, that he was an iiitimate friend, almost like a
brotlicr, of Iiermanu Vischer. Their fricndship does not necessarily imply equality
of age.
Early German and Flemisli Woodeuts.—Part II.
VII.—WOLF TRAUT.
Wolf (Wolfgang) Traut, painter, engraver ancl clranghtsman on
wood; son of Hans Trant, a native of Spires, who worked at Nnrem-
berg ;1 date of birth unknown;2 painted his chief work, the altarpiece
of Artelshofen, now in the Bavarian National Museum at Munich, in
1514; illustrated books, from 1506 omvards, for Hieronymus Holzel,
Johann Weissenburger, and occasionally for other printers; d.
unmarried in 1520.
Authorities :—
Ueudorfer, “ Nachrichten,” ed. Lochner, 1875, p. 136.
Iviefhaber, “Nachrichten zur Geschichte cler freien Reic-hstadt
Niirnberg,” 1803, p. 152.
Nagler, K.-L. xix, 51, and Mon. v, 180, no. 900.
W. Schmidt, Repert. f. Kunstw. xi, 353 ; xii, 300; xvi, 307 ; and
Chronilc f. vervielfdlt. Kunst, 1891, iv, 9, 57.
S. Laschitzer, Jahrh. d. Jcunsthist. Samml. d. allerh. Kaiserhauses,
1888, viii, 78-80.
G. Hager, Kunstchronih, 1889, xxiv, 579, 597.
R. Muther, “ Hallisches Heiligthumsbuch vom Jahre 1520 ” (no.
13 of Hirth’s “ Liebhaber-Bibliothek ”), Munich, 1889.
H. Thode, “ Hie Malei’schule von Niirnbei’g,” Frankfort, 1891,
p. 272.
G. von Terey, “ Cardinal Albrecht von Brandenburg und das
Llalle’sche Heiligthumsbuch von 1520,” Strassburg, 1892,
pp. 85-106.
R. Muther, note on pl. 60 in Hirth’s “ Meister-Holzschnitte,”
Munich, 1893.
E. Elechsig, “ Cranachstudien. Erster Teil,” Leipzig, 1900, pp.
179-195.
P. Redlich, “Cardinal Albrecht von Brandenburg und das Neue
Stift zu Llalle,” Mainz, 1900, p. 213.
Traut is an artist of mediocre taste and accompliskment, wkose
works, tkougk often dated, are rarely signed, and kave consequently
fallen into oblivion. He signed one picture, tke Artelskofen altar-
piece; one engraving (P. iv, 173, 1); and tkree woodcuts, of tlie
years 1514, 1516 and 1520. Tlie engraving kas not muck ckaracter,
1 A largc drawing of St. Sebastian, certified as tlie work of Hans Traut by a note
in Diirer’s handwriting, is preserved in the university library at Erlangen. See Hager,
loc. cit. 601; Thode, op. cit. 103, 272.
2 G. Hager (Kunstchronik, xxiv, 600, note 3) infcrs that he was born about 1190
froni the fact, recorded by Neuddrfer, that he was an iiitimate friend, almost like a
brotlicr, of Iiermanu Vischer. Their fricndship does not necessarily imply equality
of age.