Peter Vischer (the Elder) (~1455 - 1529) was a significant German northern Renaissance sculptor who was the father of Peter Vischer the Younger. He was buried in the Rochusfriedhof of Nuremberg, his home town. There is also a school in this town named after him, as well as a street. In the Church of St. Sebald, Nuremberg, the bones of saint after which this church was named lie in a tomb made by him and his son, Peter Vischer the Younger. // Events February 9 - Wars of the Roses: Richard, Duke of York dismissed as Protector February 23 - Johannes Gutenberg prints the first Bible on a printing press May 22 - Wars of the Roses: First Battle of St Albans - Richard, Duke of York and his ally, Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick defeat... Events April 22 - Treaty of Saragossa divides the eastern hemisphere between Spain and Portugal, stipulating that the dividing line should lie 297. ... By region Italian Renaissance Spanish Renaissance Northern Renaissance English Renaissance French Renaissance German Renaissance Polish Renaissance The Renaissance, also known as Il Rinascimento (in Italian), was an influential cultural movement which brought about a period of scientific revolution, religious reform and artistic transformation, at the dawn of modern European history. ... Peter Vischer the Younger (1487 - 1528) was a German sculptor who lived in Nürnberg. ... Hl. ... Peter Vischer the Younger (1487 - 1528) was a German sculptor who lived in Nürnberg. ...
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