Martin Schaffner (1478–1548),

• Was a German painter and medallist.
• He was born, lived and worked primarily in Ulm.
• His birth year is calculated based on a self-portrait medal he created in 1522 in which he describes himself as 44 years old.
• Schaffner initially apprenticed under Jörg Stocker.
• Records indicate he was a taxpaying householder in Ulm in 1499, suggesting that he had meanwhile become an independent master, free to develop along his own lines.
• He specialized in religious-themed works, often altar pieces.
• He died in Ulm in 1548.
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