# Hans Multscher

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{{Short description|German sculptor and painter}}
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| name        = Hans Multscher
| image       = Hans Multscher - Flügel-Innenseite des Wurzacher Altars (rechts unten) - Google Art Project.jpg
| caption     = ''Die Auferstehung Christi'', [Gemäldegalerie, Berlin](/source/Gem%C3%A4ldegalerie_(Berlin))
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| birth_date  = ca. 1400
| birth_place = Reichenhofen (today [Leutkirch im Allgäu](/source/Leutkirch_im_Allg%C3%A4u))
| death_date  = 1467
| death_place = [Ulm](/source/Ulm)
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| known_for   = bringing [realism](/source/Realist_visual_arts) to German art, replacing [International Gothic](/source/International_Gothic)
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'''Hans Multscher''' (ca. 1400–1467) was a [German](/source/German_people) sculptor and painter.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Emmerson |first=Richard K. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BhyOAQAAQBAJ |title=Key Figures in Medieval Europe: An Encyclopedia |date=2013-10-18 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-136-77519-2 |pages=473–474 |language=en}}</ref>

Multscher was born in Reichenhofen (today [Leutkirch im Allgäu](/source/Leutkirch_im_Allg%C3%A4u)).

He made himself acquainted with new artistic styles from northern France and the Netherlands, and became a free citizen of the city of [Ulm](/source/Ulm) in 1427. There, he married Adelheid Kitzin the same year. He ran his own business as a painter and sculptor, together with his brother [Heinrich Multscher](/source/Heinrich_Multscher).

Multscher died in [Ulm](/source/Ulm).

== Works ==
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File:Hans Multscher Maria Magdalena Liebieghaus 1039.jpg|''Holy Mary Magdalen'' by Hans Multscher, [Liebieghaus](/source/Liebieghaus) in Frankfurt am Main
File:Ulm-Muenster-SchmerzensMann-061104.jpg|''Man of sorrows'' (Copy), central column of the western portal of the ''[Ulm Minster](/source/Ulm_Minster)''
File:Ulm-Rathaus-KaiserFenster-061104.jpg|''Group of emperors'', eastern window of the city hall of Ulm, Hans Multscher, 1527-1533
File:Scharenstetten.jpeg|Side altar of the Multscher School in the Parish Church of Scharenstetten (originally in the Ulm Minster)
File:Madonna Kind Nachfolge H.Multscher.jpg|Madonna and Child, from Multscher's atelier, 1450, Mainfränkisches Museum, Würzburg
</gallery>

== References ==
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==External links==
*{{Commons category-inline|Hans Multscher|Hans Multscher}}

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