Martin I
Peller

Peter Zahn: The Inscriptions of the City of Nuremberg III, 1. The Cemeteries of St. Johannis, St. Rochus, and Wöhrd in Nuremberg (1609 to 1650), Wiesbaden

2013, pp. 433-434, No. 4045.: Martin Peller (* 1559 Radolfzell, † April 22, bur. April 26, 1629). Wholesale merchant, market supervisor, collector Founder of the family in Nuremberg, son of Balthasar Peller, councilor in Radolfzell; ∞ I) Nuremberg July 13, 1590 Maria (* August 10, 1571, † April 4, bur. August 9, 1641), T.v. Bartholomäus Viatis (DI 68, 2077 and here No. 3867); Five sons: Martin (1593-1603, died as a child), Tobias (1599-1650, married Maria Magdalena Schmidmayer), Hans Martin (1605-1635, unmarried, but father of an illegitimate son, Hieronymus Peller, goldsmith), Christoph (1607-1681, married Maria Magdalena Tetzel), and Wilhelm Bartholomäus (1611-1669, married Anna Regina Volckamer); two adult daughters: Anna Margaretha (1597-1632, married Conrad Bayer/Pair v. Flach), Regina (1600-1632, married Raphael Inhof).

Martin Peller went to Venice in 1575, where he gained great influence among German merchants and, in 1588, held the office of Consul at the Fondaco dei Tedeschi. From 1581/82, he served as a clerk (facto) for Bartholomäus Viatis, representing his interests in Venice from 1583 onwards, becoming a partner in 1591. Citizen in 1596, named from 1597 to 1629. Raised to the hereditary nobility by Emperor Rudolf II in 1585. In 1600, he bought the Groland family home on Egidienplatz 23 for 6,290 florins. After its demolition, he built the so-called Pellerhaus (Peller House) for 40,000 florins between 1602 and 1607. Until its destruction on January 2, 1945, it was considered one of the most beautiful town houses in Germany. He only lived there for the last five years before his death, having previously lived in the house of his father-in-law, Bartholomäus Viatis. In 1616, Viatis left him the Schoppershof estate, and since then the Peller family has called themselves "von Schopperhof". In 1621, he contributed a substantial sum to the founding of the Banco Publico. On December 18, 1620, he purchased Dürer's painting "The Lamentation of Christ" from the wine innkeeper Christoph Neidlinger (Neidlinger, No. 3720) for 1,000 florins. Painting of Martin Peller on his deathbed, in the GNM. The paintings left behind by Martin Peller and his wife Maria were valued at more than 3,800 florins in 1641, including a small number of copperplate engravings, tapestries, and candlesticks.

Martin Peller had already acquired a burial plot at St. Johannis in 1596 (DI 68 No. 2343). In 1597, he commissioned Benedikt Wurzelbauer (1548-1620) to design the tombstone, which, among other things, was to depict his namesake, Martin. -

StadtAN, Peller Archive; GNM, Portraits. - Biedermann (1748) pl. 426 – 427; Roth, Genannte (1802) p. 103; StadtAN, GSI 152; Schwemmer, Art Collections, in: MVGN 40 (1949) p. 126f.; A. Barthelmes: the patrician family Peller 1581 – 1870, catalogue StadtAN (1970); Seibold, Die Viatis and Peller (1977) p. 219 (tombstone) and Passim, CVIIL (genelogy Peller), portrait p. CLIX, register p. CCXIII; H. Kellenbenz, in: Fränkische Lebensbilder 9 (1980) pp. 143 – 155; Seibold, The Pellersche Painting Collection, in: GNM A (1982) pp. 70 – 82; Bosl, BBB (1983) pp. 577f.; Imhoff, Famous Nurembergers (1984) pp. 154f.; Tacke (1995) p. 300; SLN (2000) pp. 801f. (on the family); Tacke/v. Hagen, Painters' Order (2001); Kohn, NHB Sebald. NKL (2007) p. 1122; Swetje Boduan, Construction began in 1602. The old Pellerhaus. In: Pellerhaus Nürnberg (2009), pp. 15–64. _______________________________

Entry in the Nuremberg Artists' Lexicon: Peller, Martin I, wholesale merchant, market foreman, collector, * 1559 Radolfzell – † 22, buried April 26, 1629 Nuremberg, grave no. 1404 in the Johannisfriedhof cemetery, epitaph still in existence. Progenitor of the family in Nuremberg; son of Balthasar, councilor in Radolfzell. ∞ I) Nuremberg July 13, 1590 Maria (b. August 11, 1571 – † 4, buried July 9, 1641), favorite daughter of Bartholomäus Viatis the Elder, four sons: Heinrich Martin, Tobias, Christoph, and Wilhelm Bartholomäus († 1669). In 1575 he went to Venice, where he gained great influence among German merchants and in 1588 held the office of consul at the Fondaco dei Tedeschi. In 1581/82 he entered the service of Bartholomäus Viatis as a clerk and from 1583 represented his interests in Venice; in 1591 he became his partner. In 1596 he became a citizen of Nuremberg, named from 1597 to 1629. In 1621 he made a substantial contribution to the founding of the Banco Publico. On December 18, 1620, he acquired Dürer's painting "The Lamentation of Christ" (the so-called Holzschuher Lamentation, now in the GNM) from the wine tavern Christoph Neidlinger for 1,000 florins. In 1641 the paintings left behind by Martin Peller and his wife Maria were valued at 3,826 florins, 11 shillings and 4 d. Valued at 1,000, including a small number of copper engravings, tapestries, and candlesticks. The collection remained in the family for seven generations, but was reduced over time through inheritances. The last owner was the weighmaster Christoph Jakob Peller. Through several partial sales, the collection was dissolved in the first half of the 19th century. In 1600, Peller acquired the fe built the Pellerhaus between 1602 and 1607 for 40,000 florins, which was considered one of the most beautiful town houses in Germany until its destruction on January 2, 1945. However, he only lived there for the last five years before his death; prior to that, he lived in his father-in-law's house. In 1609, he also acquired the neighboring house at Egidienplatz 21. In 1616, Bartholomäus Viatis bequeathed him the Schoppershof manor, and from then on, the Peller family called themselves von Schoppershof. On January 8, 1585, he was raised to the hereditary nobility by Emperor Rudolf II, along with his brother Balthasar and his cousin Konrad Peller. A painting in the GNM depicts Martin Peller on his deathbed. Works: List of the collection: G. Seibold, in: GNM A, 1982. MuS: NUREMBERG, StadtA: Peller Archive. –, GNM: Portraits. References: Trechsel, 1735; Meusel, 1778; Roth, 1802; Schwemmer, in: MVGN 40, 1949; G. Seibold: Die Viatis und Peller, Cologne-Vienna 1977; H. Kellenbenz, in: Fränkische Lebensbilder 9, 1980; Zahn DI-N No. 4045; Tacke, 1995, p. 300; Stadtlexikon 2000; Tacke, 2001; Kohn, NHb Sebald. Exhibition: 1970/12 EA of the StadtAN.