Peter Vischer gravesite
Peter Vischer gravesite
16. Jh. 19. Jh.
Lage im Gräberfeld
Epitaph of Margarethe Vischer, wife of Peter Vischer the
Elder, dat. 1522.
The coat of arms alliance with the two fish on a spit or
with the house mark is attributed by research to Peter Vischer the Younger and
his wife Barbara Magdalena, née Mag (or Mack). Peter Vischer the Younger died
before his father in June 1528. The motto attached to the coats of arms is also
found, each in a small tablet, on two inkwells from the Vischer workshop, today
in the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, one of which is dated 1525.
Lit.: Peter Zahn: Die Inschriften der Friedhöfe St. Johannis, St. Rochus und Wöhrd zu Nürnberg, Munich 1972, p. 28, no. 108 and pp. 54-55, no. 224.
Location: Peter Nuremberg, Rochus Cemetery, family grave no. 90
Depicted: Vischer, Peter der Ältere, Vischer, Peter der Jüngere
photo 2021, Theo Noll
Peter Vischer gravesite
16. Jh. 19. Jh.
View from above
Epitaph of Margarethe Vischer, wife of Peter Vischer the
Elder, dat. 1522.
The coat of arms alliance with the two fish on a spit or
with the house mark is attributed by research to Peter Vischer the Younger and
his wife Barbara Magdalena, née Mag (or Mack). Peter Vischer the Younger died
before his father in June 1528. The motto attached to the coats of arms is also
found, each in a small tablet, on two inkwells from the Vischer workshop, today
in the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, one of which is dated 1525.
Lit.: Peter Zahn: Die Inschriften der Friedhöfe St. Johannis, St. Rochus und Wöhrd zu Nürnberg, Munich 1972, p. 28, no. 108 and pp. 54-55, no. 224.
Location: Peter Nuremberg, Rochus Cemetery, family grave no. 90
Depicted: Vischer, Peter der Ältere, Vischer, Peter der Jüngere
photo 2021, Theo Noll
Peter Vischer gravesite
16. Jh. 19. Jh.
TO THE MEMORY OF THE GREAT ARTIST PETER VISCHER THE MAGISTRATE OF HIS FATHER'S CITY 1830
Epitaph of Margarethe Vischer, wife of Peter Vischer the
Elder, dat. 1522.
The coat of arms alliance with the two fish on a spit or
with the house mark is attributed by research to Peter Vischer the Younger and
his wife Barbara Magdalena, née Mag (or Mack). Peter Vischer the Younger died
before his father in June 1528. The motto attached to the coats of arms is also
found, each in a small tablet, on two inkwells from the Vischer workshop, today
in the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, one of which is dated 1525.
Lit.: Peter Zahn: Die Inschriften der Friedhöfe St. Johannis, St. Rochus und Wöhrd zu Nürnberg, Munich 1972, p. 28, no. 108 and pp. 54-55, no. 224.
Location: Peter Nuremberg, Rochus Cemetery, family grave no. 90
Depicted: Vischer, Peter der Ältere, Vischer, Peter der Jüngere
photo 2021, Theo Noll
Peter Vischer gravesite
16. Jh. 19. Jh.
Coat of arms of Peter Vischer and his wife with the inscription:" vitam, no(n) mortem recogita." / Translation: Think of life, not death
Epitaph of Margarethe Vischer, wife of Peter Vischer the
Elder, dat. 1522.
The coat of arms alliance with the two fish on a spit or
with the house mark is attributed by research to Peter Vischer the Younger and
his wife Barbara Magdalena, née Mag (or Mack). Peter Vischer the Younger died
before his father in June 1528. The motto attached to the coats of arms is also
found, each in a small tablet, on two inkwells from the Vischer workshop, today
in the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, one of which is dated 1525.
Lit.: Peter Zahn: Die Inschriften der Friedhöfe St. Johannis, St. Rochus und Wöhrd zu Nürnberg, Munich 1972, p. 28, no. 108 and pp. 54-55, no. 224.
Location: Peter Nuremberg, Rochus Cemetery, family grave no. 90
Depicted: Vischer, Peter der Ältere, Vischer, Peter der Jüngere
photo 2021, Theo Noll
Peter Vischer gravesite
16. Jh. 19. Jh.
Inscription: "The honourable Margret ,Peter Vischer the Elder`s legitimate housewife died in the year 1522 on the 20th day of July, her body resting here.
Epitaph of Margarethe Vischer, wife of Peter Vischer the
Elder, dat. 1522.
The coat of arms alliance with the two fish on a spit or
with the house mark is attributed by research to Peter Vischer the Younger and
his wife Barbara Magdalena, née Mag (or Mack). Peter Vischer the Younger died
before his father in June 1528. The motto attached to the coats of arms is also
found, each in a small tablet, on two inkwells from the Vischer workshop, today
in the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, one of which is dated 1525.
Lit.: Peter Zahn: Die Inschriften der Friedhöfe St. Johannis, St. Rochus und Wöhrd zu Nürnberg, Munich 1972, p. 28, no. 108 and pp. 54-55, no. 224.
Location: Peter Nuremberg, Rochus Cemetery, family grave no. 90
Depicted: Vischer, Peter der Ältere, Vischer, Peter der Jüngere
photo 2021, Theo Noll
