Nuremberg camp before the Battle of Pillenreuth in 1450
Nuremberg camp before the Battle of Pillenreuth in 1450
Anonymous, mid-16th century
In the two so-called Margrave Wars, Nuremberg maintained its political independence. In the skirmish near Pillenreuth Monastery on March 11, 1450, the Nurembergers defeated Margrave Albrecht Achilles of Brandenburg, who had waged a bitter guerrilla war against Nuremberg in 1449/50. The second war, from 1552 to 1554, against Albrecht Alcibiades of Brandenburg, caused severe damage and weakened the city permanently.
On November 28/8... In December 1629, the Nuremberg council paid Johann Kümmelmann 8 guilders and 8 shillings for a painted panel depicting the campaign against Margrave Albrecht, as the Battle of Pillenreuth was recorded in 1450 (Franz Ludwig Freiherr von Soden: *Kriegs- und Sittengeschichte der Reichsstadt Nürnberg vom Ende des sechzehnten Jahrhunderts bis zur Schlacht bei Breitenfeld*, September 7 (17), 1631, Vol. 3, Erlangen 1862, pp. 56–57). Johann Kümmelmann (c. 1590–1652) was an art dealer and print merchant.
Several figures in the painting bear initials, some of which are no longer legible. According to Schrötter, they can be deciphered as follows: O.H.R.V.P. = Oberster Herr Reuß von Plauen; CVK = Cunz von Kauffungen; PH = Philipp Holzschuher; ES = Erhard Schürstab. SH = Sebald Haller. BP = Berthold Pfinzing. SC = Seyfried Coler. HT = Herdegen Tucher. EW = Erasmus Waldtromer. (Georg Schrötter: Geschichte der Stadt Nürnberg [History of the City of Nuremberg], Nuremberg 1909, p. 59).
The painting features a frame made of flame-shaped moldings, a planing technique supposedly "invented" by Johann Schwanhardt (buried May 10, 1612), a cabinetmaker and gunsmith from Insingen near Rothenburg ob der Tauber who had immigrated to Nuremberg. The cabinetmaker Jacob Hepner from Breslau (buried November 5, 1649), who married Schwanhardt's daughter Apollonia on September 24, 1616, introduced the technique to Nuremberg.
Museums of the City of Nuremberg, Art Collections,
Inv. No. Gm 0188 /Gm0017
Location: Nuremberg, City Museum in the Fembohaus
Material: Oil on wood
photo 2023, Theo Noll
Nuremberg camp before the Battle of Pillenreuth in 1450
Upper half of the image with inscription. On the left, the Holzschuher coat of arms with the initials PH for Philipp Holzschuher. Next to it, Cunz von Kauffungen with coat of arms and initials CVK.
photo 2023, Theo Noll
Anonymous, mid-16th century
In the two so-called Margrave Wars, Nuremberg maintained its political independence. In the skirmish near Pillenreuth Monastery on March 11, 1450, the Nurembergers defeated Margrave Albrecht Achilles of Brandenburg, who had waged a bitter guerrilla war against Nuremberg in 1449/50. The second war, from 1552 to 1554, against Albrecht Alcibiades of Brandenburg, caused severe damage and weakened the city permanently.
On November 28/8... In December 1629, the Nuremberg council paid Johann Kümmelmann 8 guilders and 8 shillings for a painted panel depicting the campaign against Margrave Albrecht, as the Battle of Pillenreuth was recorded in 1450 (Franz Ludwig Freiherr von Soden: *Kriegs- und Sittengeschichte der Reichsstadt Nürnberg vom Ende des sechzehnten Jahrhunderts bis zur Schlacht bei Breitenfeld*, September 7 (17), 1631, Vol. 3, Erlangen 1862, pp. 56–57). Johann Kümmelmann (c. 1590–1652) was an art dealer and print merchant.
Several figures in the painting bear initials, some of which are no longer legible. According to Schrötter, they can be deciphered as follows: O.H.R.V.P. = Oberster Herr Reuß von Plauen; CVK = Cunz von Kauffungen; PH = Philipp Holzschuher; ES = Erhard Schürstab. SH = Sebald Haller. BP = Berthold Pfinzing. SC = Seyfried Coler. HT = Herdegen Tucher. EW = Erasmus Waldtromer. (Georg Schrötter: Geschichte der Stadt Nürnberg [History of the City of Nuremberg], Nuremberg 1909, p. 59).
The painting features a frame made of flame-shaped moldings, a planing technique supposedly "invented" by Johann Schwanhardt (buried May 10, 1612), a cabinetmaker and gunsmith from Insingen near Rothenburg ob der Tauber who had immigrated to Nuremberg. The cabinetmaker Jacob Hepner from Breslau (buried November 5, 1649), who married Schwanhardt's daughter Apollonia on September 24, 1616, introduced the technique to Nuremberg.
Museums of the City of Nuremberg, Art Collections,
Inv. No. Gm 0188 /Gm0017
Location: Nuremberg, City Museum in the Fembohaus
Material: Öl auf Holz
Nuremberg camp before the Battle of Pillenreuth in 1450
The rider in the center of the left group with the initials CVK above his coat of arms is the Saxon nobleman Cunz von Kauffungen, who distinguished himself as a leader in the Battle of Pillenreuth.
Anonymous, mid-16th century
In the two so-called Margrave Wars, Nuremberg maintained its political independence. In the skirmish near Pillenreuth Monastery on March 11, 1450, the Nurembergers defeated Margrave Albrecht Achilles of Brandenburg, who had waged a bitter guerrilla war against Nuremberg in 1449/50. The second war, from 1552 to 1554, against Albrecht Alcibiades of Brandenburg, caused severe damage and weakened the city permanently.
On November 28/8... In December 1629, the Nuremberg council paid Johann Kümmelmann 8 guilders and 8 shillings for a painted panel depicting the campaign against Margrave Albrecht, as the Battle of Pillenreuth was recorded in 1450 (Franz Ludwig Freiherr von Soden: *Kriegs- und Sittengeschichte der Reichsstadt Nürnberg vom Ende des sechzehnten Jahrhunderts bis zur Schlacht bei Breitenfeld*, September 7 (17), 1631, Vol. 3, Erlangen 1862, pp. 56–57). Johann Kümmelmann (c. 1590–1652) was an art dealer and print merchant.
Several figures in the painting bear initials, some of which are no longer legible. According to Schrötter, they can be deciphered as follows: O.H.R.V.P. = Oberster Herr Reuß von Plauen; CVK = Cunz von Kauffungen; PH = Philipp Holzschuher; ES = Erhard Schürstab. SH = Sebald Haller. BP = Berthold Pfinzing. SC = Seyfried Coler. HT = Herdegen Tucher. EW = Erasmus Waldtromer. (Georg Schrötter: Geschichte der Stadt Nürnberg [History of the City of Nuremberg], Nuremberg 1909, p. 59).
The painting features a frame made of flame-shaped moldings, a planing technique supposedly "invented" by Johann Schwanhardt (buried May 10, 1612), a cabinetmaker and gunsmith from Insingen near Rothenburg ob der Tauber who had immigrated to Nuremberg. The cabinetmaker Jacob Hepner from Breslau (buried November 5, 1649), who married Schwanhardt's daughter Apollonia on September 24, 1616, introduced the technique to Nuremberg.
Museums of the City of Nuremberg, Art Collections,
Inv. No. Gm 0188 /Gm0017
Location: Nuremberg, City Museum in the Fembohaus
Material: Oil on wood
photo 2023, Theo Noll
Nuremberg camp before the Battle of Pillenreuth in 1450
The pikeman on the right with the Waldstromer coat of arms and the initials EW can be identified as Erasmus Waldstromer.
Anonymous, mid-16th century
In the two so-called Margrave Wars, Nuremberg maintained its political independence. In the skirmish near Pillenreuth Monastery on March 11, 1450, the Nurembergers defeated Margrave Albrecht Achilles of Brandenburg, who had waged a bitter guerrilla war against Nuremberg in 1449/50. The second war, from 1552 to 1554, against Albrecht Alcibiades of Brandenburg, caused severe damage and weakened the city permanently.
On November 28/8... In December 1629, the Nuremberg council paid Johann Kümmelmann 8 guilders and 8 shillings for a painted panel depicting the campaign against Margrave Albrecht, as the Battle of Pillenreuth was recorded in 1450 (Franz Ludwig Freiherr von Soden: *Kriegs- und Sittengeschichte der Reichsstadt Nürnberg vom Ende des sechzehnten Jahrhunderts bis zur Schlacht bei Breitenfeld*, September 7 (17), 1631, Vol. 3, Erlangen 1862, pp. 56–57). Johann Kümmelmann (c. 1590–1652) was an art dealer and print merchant.
Several figures in the painting bear initials, some of which are no longer legible. According to Schrötter, they can be deciphered as follows: O.H.R.V.P. = Oberster Herr Reuß von Plauen; CVK = Cunz von Kauffungen; PH = Philipp Holzschuher; ES = Erhard Schürstab. SH = Sebald Haller. BP = Berthold Pfinzing. SC = Seyfried Coler. HT = Herdegen Tucher. EW = Erasmus Waldtromer. (Georg Schrötter: Geschichte der Stadt Nürnberg [History of the City of Nuremberg], Nuremberg 1909, p. 59).
The painting features a frame made of flame-shaped moldings, a planing technique supposedly "invented" by Johann Schwanhardt (buried May 10, 1612), a cabinetmaker and gunsmith from Insingen near Rothenburg ob der Tauber who had immigrated to Nuremberg. The cabinetmaker Jacob Hepner from Breslau (buried November 5, 1649), who married Schwanhardt's daughter Apollonia on September 24, 1616, introduced the technique to Nuremberg.
Museums of the City of Nuremberg, Art Collections,
Inv. No. Gm 0188 /Gm0017
Location: Nuremberg, City Museum in the Fembohaus
Material: Oil on wood
photo 2023, Theo Noll
Nuremberg camp before the Battle of Pillenreuth in 1450
The armored man on the right with a pike bears the Schürstab coat of arms. The initials ES above his head identify him as Erhard Schürstab, who distinguished himself as a commander of the infantry at the Battle of Pillenreuth Ponds.
Anonymous, mid-16th century
In the two so-called Margrave Wars, Nuremberg maintained its political independence. In the skirmish near Pillenreuth Monastery on March 11, 1450, the Nurembergers defeated Margrave Albrecht Achilles of Brandenburg, who had waged a bitter guerrilla war against Nuremberg in 1449/50. The second war, from 1552 to 1554, against Albrecht Alcibiades of Brandenburg, caused severe damage and weakened the city permanently.
On November 28/8... In December 1629, the Nuremberg council paid Johann Kümmelmann 8 guilders and 8 shillings for a painted panel depicting the campaign against Margrave Albrecht, as the Battle of Pillenreuth was recorded in 1450 (Franz Ludwig Freiherr von Soden: *Kriegs- und Sittengeschichte der Reichsstadt Nürnberg vom Ende des sechzehnten Jahrhunderts bis zur Schlacht bei Breitenfeld*, September 7 (17), 1631, Vol. 3, Erlangen 1862, pp. 56–57). Johann Kümmelmann (c. 1590–1652) was an art dealer and print merchant.
Several figures in the painting bear initials, some of which are no longer legible. According to Schrötter, they can be deciphered as follows: O.H.R.V.P. = Oberster Herr Reuß von Plauen; CVK = Cunz von Kauffungen; PH = Philipp Holzschuher; ES = Erhard Schürstab. SH = Sebald Haller. BP = Berthold Pfinzing. SC = Seyfried Coler. HT = Herdegen Tucher. EW = Erasmus Waldtromer. (Georg Schrötter: Geschichte der Stadt Nürnberg [History of the City of Nuremberg], Nuremberg 1909, p. 59).
The painting features a frame made of flame-shaped moldings, a planing technique supposedly "invented" by Johann Schwanhardt (buried May 10, 1612), a cabinetmaker and gunsmith from Insingen near Rothenburg ob der Tauber who had immigrated to Nuremberg. The cabinetmaker Jacob Hepner from Breslau (buried November 5, 1649), who married Schwanhardt's daughter Apollonia on September 24, 1616, introduced the technique to Nuremberg.
Museums of the City of Nuremberg, Art Collections,
Inv. No. Gm 0188 /Gm0017
Location: Nuremberg, City Museum in the Fembohaus
Material: Oil on wood
photo 2023, Theo Noll
Nuremberg camp before the Battle of Pillenreuth in 1450
In the lower right corner are the coats of arms of the Koler family with the illegible initials SC for Seyfried Coler and those of the Tucher family with HT for Herdegen Tucher. Above them on the left are the coats of arms of the Haller family with SH for
Anonymous, mid-16th century
In the two so-called Margrave Wars, Nuremberg maintained its political independence. In the skirmish near Pillenreuth Monastery on March 11, 1450, the Nurembergers defeated Margrave Albrecht Achilles of Brandenburg, who had waged a bitter guerrilla war against Nuremberg in 1449/50. The second war, from 1552 to 1554, against Albrecht Alcibiades of Brandenburg, caused severe damage and weakened the city permanently.
On November 28/8... In December 1629, the Nuremberg council paid Johann Kümmelmann 8 guilders and 8 shillings for a painted panel depicting the campaign against Margrave Albrecht, as the Battle of Pillenreuth was recorded in 1450 (Franz Ludwig Freiherr von Soden: *Kriegs- und Sittengeschichte der Reichsstadt Nürnberg vom Ende des sechzehnten Jahrhunderts bis zur Schlacht bei Breitenfeld*, September 7 (17), 1631, Vol. 3, Erlangen 1862, pp. 56–57). Johann Kümmelmann (c. 1590–1652) was an art dealer and print merchant.
Several figures in the painting bear initials, some of which are no longer legible. According to Schrötter, they can be deciphered as follows: O.H.R.V.P. = Oberster Herr Reuß von Plauen; CVK = Cunz von Kauffungen; PH = Philipp Holzschuher; ES = Erhard Schürstab. SH = Sebald Haller. BP = Berthold Pfinzing. SC = Seyfried Coler. HT = Herdegen Tucher. EW = Erasmus Waldtromer. (Georg Schrötter: Geschichte der Stadt Nürnberg [History of the City of Nuremberg], Nuremberg 1909, p. 59).
The painting features a frame made of flame-shaped moldings, a planing technique supposedly "invented" by Johann Schwanhardt (buried May 10, 1612), a cabinetmaker and gunsmith from Insingen near Rothenburg ob der Tauber who had immigrated to Nuremberg. The cabinetmaker Jacob Hepner from Breslau (buried November 5, 1649), who married Schwanhardt's daughter Apollonia on September 24, 1616, introduced the technique to Nuremberg.
Museums of the City of Nuremberg, Art Collections,
Inv. No. Gm 0188 /Gm0017
Location: Nuremberg, City Museum in the Fembohaus
Material: Oil on wood
photo 2023, Theo Noll