One of the four elaborately designed fireplaces in the front building, created for Martin Peller. This one features two sphinxes carrying fruit baskets.
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Image of the graphic from:
Nuremberg's Renaissance Monuments. Photographed and published by August Ortwein, Director of the Imperial and Royal Trade School in Graz. Reprinted from the complete work "German Renaissance". Published with the collaboration of colleagues, Leipzig: E. A. Seemann Publishing House, 1878

(Nuremberg, City Library, Amb. 729 / 2°)

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The execution of the ornamentation seems to suggest familiarity with Wendel Dietterlin's book *Architectura*, which was printed in Nuremberg in 1598:
(see also: *Architectura* by Wendel Dietterlin)

*Architectura*. On the division, symmetry, and proportion of the five columns, and all the art that follows from them, including windows, fireplaces, doorways, portals, fountains, and epitaphs (...). Printed in Nuremberg by Hubrecht and Balthasar Caymox (See also: Balthasar Caymox) 1598

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"Hans Werner seems to have enjoyed the special esteem of Martin Peller, as he was one of the few, besides the master builder Jakob Wolff the Elder, the carpenter Peter Carl, and the joiner Lorenz Bayr, who received a token of appreciation from Peller in 1609 in addition to his payment."
(Ad 3 Jenner zaltt dem Jung maister hanssen steinmez verehrung 24.-.-. / StadtAN E 19 No. 20, fol. 46. Quoted from Dieter Büchner: Das „Schöne Zimmer“ aus dem Pellerhaus (Nürnberger Werkstücke 55), Nuremberg 1995)

One of the four elaborately designed fireplaces in the front building, created for Martin Peller. This one features two sphinxes carrying fruit baskets.
___________

Image of the graphic from:
Nuremberg's Renaissance Monuments. Photographed and published by August Ortwein, Director of the Imperial and Royal Trade School in Graz. Reprinted from the complete work "German Renaissance". Published with the collaboration of colleagues, Leipzig: E. A. Seemann Publishing House, 1878

(Nuremberg, City Library, Amb. 729 / 2°)

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The execution of the ornamentation seems to suggest familiarity with Wendel Dietterlin's book *Architectura*, which was printed in Nuremberg in 1598:
(see also: *Architectura* by Wendel Dietterlin)

*Architectura*. On the division, symmetry, and proportion of the five columns, and all the art that follows from them, including windows, fireplaces, doorways, portals, fountains, and epitaphs (...). Printed in Nuremberg by Hubrecht and Balthasar Caymox (See also: Balthasar Caymox) 1598

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"Hans Werner seems to have enjoyed the special esteem of Martin Peller, as he was one of the few, besides the master builder Jakob Wolff the Elder, the carpenter Peter Carl, and the joiner Lorenz Bayr, who received a token of appreciation from Peller in 1609 in addition to his payment."
(Ad 3 Jenner zaltt dem Jung maister hanssen steinmez verehrung 24.-.-. / StadtAN E 19 No. 20, fol. 46. Quoted from Dieter Büchner: Das „Schöne Zimmer“ aus dem Pellerhaus (Nürnberger Werkstücke 55), Nuremberg 1995)

One of the four elaborately designed fireplaces in the front building, created for Martin Peller. This one features two sphinxes carrying fruit baskets.
___________

Image of the graphic from:
Nuremberg's Renaissance Monuments. Photographed and published by August Ortwein, Director of the Imperial and Royal Trade School in Graz. Reprinted from the complete work "German Renaissance". Published with the collaboration of colleagues, Leipzig: E. A. Seemann Publishing House, 1878

(Nuremberg, City Library, Amb. 729 / 2°)

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The execution of the ornamentation seems to suggest familiarity with Wendel Dietterlin's book *Architectura*, which was printed in Nuremberg in 1598:
(see also: *Architectura* by Wendel Dietterlin)

*Architectura*. On the division, symmetry, and proportion of the five columns, and all the art that follows from them, including windows, fireplaces, doorways, portals, fountains, and epitaphs (...). Printed in Nuremberg by Hubrecht and Balthasar Caymox (See also: Balthasar Caymox) 1598

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"Hans Werner seems to have enjoyed the special esteem of Martin Peller, as he was one of the few, besides the master builder Jakob Wolff the Elder, the carpenter Peter Carl, and the joiner Lorenz Bayr, who received a token of appreciation from Peller in 1609 in addition to his payment."
(Ad 3 Jenner zaltt dem Jung maister hanssen steinmez verehrung 24.-.-. / StadtAN E 19 No. 20, fol. 46. Quoted from Dieter Büchner: Das „Schöne Zimmer“ aus dem Pellerhaus (Nürnberger Werkstücke 55), Nuremberg 1995)

One of the four elaborately designed fireplaces in the front building, created for Martin Peller. This one features two sphinxes carrying fruit baskets.
___________

Image of the graphic from:
Nuremberg's Renaissance Monuments. Photographed and published by August Ortwein, Director of the Imperial and Royal Trade School in Graz. Reprinted from the complete work "German Renaissance". Published with the collaboration of colleagues, Leipzig: E. A. Seemann Publishing House, 1878

(Nuremberg, City Library, Amb. 729 / 2°)

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The execution of the ornamentation seems to suggest familiarity with Wendel Dietterlin's book *Architectura*, which was printed in Nuremberg in 1598:
(see also: *Architectura* by Wendel Dietterlin)

*Architectura*. On the division, symmetry, and proportion of the five columns, and all the art that follows from them, including windows, fireplaces, doorways, portals, fountains, and epitaphs (...). Printed in Nuremberg by Hubrecht and Balthasar Caymox (See also: Balthasar Caymox) 1598

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"Hans Werner seems to have enjoyed the special esteem of Martin Peller, as he was one of the few, besides the master builder Jakob Wolff the Elder, the carpenter Peter Carl, and the joiner Lorenz Bayr, who received a token of appreciation from Peller in 1609 in addition to his payment."
(Ad 3 Jenner zaltt dem Jung maister hanssen steinmez verehrung 24.-.-. / StadtAN E 19 No. 20, fol. 46. Quoted from Dieter Büchner: Das „Schöne Zimmer“ aus dem Pellerhaus (Nürnberger Werkstücke 55), Nuremberg 1995)

One of the four elaborately designed fireplaces in the front building, created for Martin Peller. This one features two sphinxes carrying fruit baskets.
___________

Image of the graphic from:
Nuremberg's Renaissance Monuments. Photographed and published by August Ortwein, Director of the Imperial and Royal Trade School in Graz. Reprinted from the complete work "German Renaissance". Published with the collaboration of colleagues, Leipzig: E. A. Seemann Publishing House, 1878

(Nuremberg, City Library, Amb. 729 / 2°)

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The execution of the ornamentation seems to suggest familiarity with Wendel Dietterlin's book *Architectura*, which was printed in Nuremberg in 1598:
(see also: *Architectura* by Wendel Dietterlin)

*Architectura*. On the division, symmetry, and proportion of the five columns, and all the art that follows from them, including windows, fireplaces, doorways, portals, fountains, and epitaphs (...). Printed in Nuremberg by Hubrecht and Balthasar Caymox (See also: Balthasar Caymox) 1598

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"Hans Werner seems to have enjoyed the special esteem of Martin Peller, as he was one of the few, besides the master builder Jakob Wolff the Elder, the carpenter Peter Carl, and the joiner Lorenz Bayr, who received a token of appreciation from Peller in 1609 in addition to his payment."
(Ad 3 Jenner zaltt dem Jung maister hanssen steinmez verehrung 24.-.-. / StadtAN E 19 No. 20, fol. 46. Quoted from Dieter Büchner: Das „Schöne Zimmer“ aus dem Pellerhaus (Nürnberger Werkstücke 55), Nuremberg 1995)

One of the four elaborately designed fireplaces in the front building, created for Martin Peller. This one features two sphinxes carrying fruit baskets.
___________

Image of the graphic from:
Nuremberg's Renaissance Monuments. Photographed and published by August Ortwein, Director of the Imperial and Royal Trade School in Graz. Reprinted from the complete work "German Renaissance". Published with the collaboration of colleagues, Leipzig: E. A. Seemann Publishing House, 1878

(Nuremberg, City Library, Amb. 729 / 2°)

___________________

The execution of the ornamentation seems to suggest familiarity with Wendel Dietterlin's book *Architectura*, which was printed in Nuremberg in 1598:
(see also: *Architectura* by Wendel Dietterlin)

*Architectura*. On the division, symmetry, and proportion of the five columns, and all the art that follows from them, including windows, fireplaces, doorways, portals, fountains, and epitaphs (...). Printed in Nuremberg by Hubrecht and Balthasar Caymox (See also: Balthasar Caymox) 1598

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"Hans Werner seems to have enjoyed the special esteem of Martin Peller, as he was one of the few, besides the master builder Jakob Wolff the Elder, the carpenter Peter Carl, and the joiner Lorenz Bayr, who received a token of appreciation from Peller in 1609 in addition to his payment."
(Ad 3 Jenner zaltt dem Jung maister hanssen steinmez verehrung 24.-.-. / StadtAN E 19 No. 20, fol. 46. Quoted from Dieter Büchner: Das „Schöne Zimmer“ aus dem Pellerhaus (Nürnberger Werkstücke 55), Nuremberg 1995)

One of the four elaborately designed fireplaces in the front building, created for Martin Peller. This one features two sphinxes carrying fruit baskets.
___________

Image of the graphic from:
Nuremberg's Renaissance Monuments. Photographed and published by August Ortwein, Director of the Imperial and Royal Trade School in Graz. Reprinted from the complete work "German Renaissance". Published with the collaboration of colleagues, Leipzig: E. A. Seemann Publishing House, 1878

(Nuremberg, City Library, Amb. 729 / 2°)

___________________

The execution of the ornamentation seems to suggest familiarity with Wendel Dietterlin's book *Architectura*, which was printed in Nuremberg in 1598:
(see also: *Architectura* by Wendel Dietterlin)

*Architectura*. On the division, symmetry, and proportion of the five columns, and all the art that follows from them, including windows, fireplaces, doorways, portals, fountains, and epitaphs (...). Printed in Nuremberg by Hubrecht and Balthasar Caymox (See also: Balthasar Caymox) 1598

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"Hans Werner seems to have enjoyed the special esteem of Martin Peller, as he was one of the few, besides the master builder Jakob Wolff the Elder, the carpenter Peter Carl, and the joiner Lorenz Bayr, who received a token of appreciation from Peller in 1609 in addition to his payment."
(Ad 3 Jenner zaltt dem Jung maister hanssen steinmez verehrung 24.-.-. / StadtAN E 19 No. 20, fol. 46. Quoted from Dieter Büchner: Das „Schöne Zimmer“ aus dem Pellerhaus (Nürnberger Werkstücke 55), Nuremberg 1995)