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Tilman Riemenschneider

1460 - 1531

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Tilman Riemenschneider (c. 1460 – 7 July 1531) was a German woodcarver and sculptor active in Würzburg from 1483. He was one of the most prolific and versatile sculptors of the transition period between the Late Gothic, to which he essentially belonged, and Northern Renaissance art, a master in limewood and stone. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Tilman Riemenschneider has received more than 205,167 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). Tilman Riemenschneider is the 47th most popular sculptor (up from 51st in 2019), the 1,241st most popular biography from Germany (up from 1,327th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular German Sculptor.

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Among SCULPTORS

Among sculptors, Tilman Riemenschneider ranks 47 out of 258. Before him are César Manrique, Magdalena Abakanowicz, Alcamenes, Veit Stoss, Claes Oldenburg, and Naum Gabo. After him are François Rude, Chares of Lindos, Eduardo Chillida, Vera Mukhina, Étienne Maurice Falconet, and Jean-Baptiste Pigalle.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1460, Tilman Riemenschneider ranks 12. Before him are Lorenzo Costa, Jacques Lefèvre d'Étaples, Bartholomew Columbus, Andrea Solari, Juan de la Cosa, and Konstanty Ostrogski. After him are Jacopo de' Barbari, Judah Leon Abravanel, Geertgen tot Sint Jans, Pierre de la Rue, Frederick I, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach, and Johannes Widmann. Among people deceased in 1531, Tilman Riemenschneider ranks 3. Before him are Huldrych Zwingli, and Louise of Savoy. After him are Hans Burgkmair, Gerónimo de Aguilar, Johannes Oecolampadius, Vincenzo Catena, Vallabha, Pedro Arias Dávila, and George I, Duke of Pomerania.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Tilman Riemenschneider ranks 1,241 out of 7,253. Before him are Adolph Wagner (1835), Robert Koldewey (1855), Princess Elisabeth Marie of Bavaria (1874), Konrad Witz (1400), Ulay (1943), and Thomas Müller (1989). After him are Josef Harpe (1887), Paul Schäfer (1921), Ernst Troeltsch (1865), Karl Schmidt-Rottluff (1884), Karl Anton, Prince of Hohenzollern (1811), and Georges J. F. Köhler (1946).

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Among SCULPTORS In Germany

Among sculptors born in Germany, Tilman Riemenschneider ranks 2. Before him are Veit Stoss (1450). After him are Franz Xaver Messerschmidt (1736), Johann Gottfried Schadow (1764), Adolf von Hildebrand (1847), Igor Mitoraj (1944), Christian Daniel Rauch (1777), Adam Kraft (1450), Clara Westhoff (1878), Georg Kolbe (1877), Rebecca Horn (1944), and Rudolf Belling (1886).

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