Background
He was born in Nuremberg between 1490 to 1495, was alive in 1524, and died no later than 1540.
He was born in Nuremberg between 1490 to 1495, was alive in 1524, and died no later than 1540.
He was a pupil of Albrecht Dürer. Little written evidence remains of Springinklee"s life, and neither his exact dates of birth or death are known. In 1547, Johann Neudörffer the Elder wrote that Springinklee had lived with, and learned his craft from, Albrecht Dürer.
His first woodcuts date from 1512–1513, but there is no evidence of his presence in Nuremberg after 1524, and it is presumed that he had left Nuremberg by that date.
His name is absent from church records, but the astronomer Johann Gabriel Doppelmayr said in 1730 that Springinklee had lived in Nuremberg until 1540.