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Engraving of Willibald Pirckheimer at 53 by Albrecht Dürer, 1524. Pirckheimer ptolemy biographyWe live by the spirit. The rest belongs to death. | |
| Born | (1470-12-05)5 December 1470 Eichstätt, Bishopric of Eichstätt |
| Died | 22 December 1530(1530-12-22) (aged 60) Nuremberg |
| Occupation | Lawyer |
| Relatives | Willibald Imhoff (grandson) |
Willibald Pirckheimer (5 December 1470 – 22 December 1530) was a German Renaissance lawyer, author and Renaissance humanist, a wealthy and prominent figure in Nuremberg in the 16th century, imperial counsellor and a member of the governing City Council for two periods.
One of the most important cultural patrons of Germany in his own right, he was the closest friend of the artist Albrecht Dürer, who made a number of portraits of him, and a close friend of the great humanist and theologianErasmus.
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