Anton Woensam von Worms

Painter, block-cutter and commercial artist (male)

Born: before 1500 in Worms

Died: ca. 1541 in Cologne

3 Works by Anton Woensam von Worms

St Anne, the Virgin and Child with a Bishop Saint left wing of an altarpiece ca. 1545 – 1550
The Sts. Magdalen and Ursula right wing of an altarpiece ca. 1545 – 1550
Left and Right Wing of an Altarpiece with St Anne with the Virgin and Child on her Lap, a Holy Bishop, St Magdalen and St Ursula ca. 1545

Biography

Presumably born shortly before 1500, Anton Woensam arrived in Cologne as a boy with his apparently highly regarded father Jaspar Woensam the Elder by 1510 at the latest. He was extremely productive, primarily as a designer of woodcuts for Cologne's book publishers; his graphic work is comprised of far more than 500 works, among them important city views. As a panel painter he was especially involved in the decoration of the Carthusian monastery.