Birthdate: 1400 AD
Birthplace: Rottweil, Germany
Died: 1445 AD
Konrad Witz, a renowned painter, was primarily based in Basel, Switzerland, where he joined the painters’ guild in 1434. He is best known for his early landscape masterpiece, The Miraculous Draft of Fishes, a significant work in European art history. Witz achieved fame for his three altarpieces: the Heilspiegel Altarpiece, the Altarpiece of the Virgin, and the St. Peter Altarpiece. His works are displayed in various collections across cities such as Basel, Nuremberg, Strasbourg, Geneva, Naples, Berlin, and New York.
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