# Hartmann Schedel artist context and auction value notes Canonical page: https://appraisily.com/artist/hartmann-schedel/ Profile generated: 2026-05-07T01:54:05.571Z Quality: high confidence, strong sources ## Artist identity - Birth date: 1440-02-13 - Death date: 1514-11-28 - Nationality: German - Movements: Northern Renaissance, German Humanism - Common media: Woodcut illustration, Printed book (incunabulum), Cartography ## About Hartmann Schedel Hartmann Schedel (1440–1514) was a German physician, historian, and humanist who lived and worked in Nuremberg. He is best known as the author and compiler of the Liber chronicarum, commonly called the Nuremberg Chronicle, published in 1493. This landmark illustrated world history was one of the most ambitious printing projects of the fifteenth century and among the earliest books to integrate printed maps and city views with narrative text. Schedel studied in Padua and belonged to the circle of Nuremberg humanists. As one of the first cartographers to exploit the printing press, his Chronicle became a major vehicle for distributing geographic and historical knowledge across Renaissance Europe. Collectors today primarily encounter his name through the surviving woodcut leaves and complete volumes of the Chronicle, which remain among the most sought-after incunabula. ## Common works and media The most frequently encountered items at auction are individual woodcut leaves from the Nuremberg Chronicle depicting city panoramas, biblical scenes, historical figures, and world or regional maps. Both the Latin and German editions of the Chronicle were printed in 1493 and are represented in the market. Complete bound copies of the Chronicle appear less frequently but regularly at major auctions. Detached double-page maps, particularly the world map, are among the most valuable individual leaves. Portraits of popes, emperors, and mythological figures from the Chronicle are also common on the market. ## Market and appraisal context The Hartmann Schedel market is anchored almost entirely by the 1493 Liber chronicarum (Nuremberg Chronicle). Appraisily auction records index 70 lots, of which 55 carry realized prices spanning 2002 through April 2026. The price distribution is heavily right-skewed: the interquartile range runs from €100 to €450, with a median of €160, but the recorded maximum of €78,000 reflects complete or near-complete bound copies. Individual woodcut leaves from the Chronicle constitute the bulk of trade and typically realize between €100 and €450, with city views and maps (Constantinople, Breslau, Ulm) tending toward the upper end. Hand-colored examples carry a premium over uncolored leaves. Facsimile editions from the 1990s trade at €80–100, well below original incunabulum material. Liquidity is moderate: 6 lots appeared in the trailing 12 months versus 3 in the prior period, suggesting steady but niche demand. The market is served primarily by European auction houses—Gonnelli Casa d'Aste, Auktionshaus Wersching, Setdart, Karl & Faber, K&K Heidelberg—with occasional appearances at US houses such as RoGallery and Thomaston Place. All lots are catalogued in book/print categories rather than fine art, consistent with Schedel's role as author-compiler rather than visual artist. ## Auction-house-backed market evidence The Hartmann Schedel market is anchored almost entirely by the 1493 Liber chronicarum (Nuremberg Chronicle). Appraisily auction records index 70 lots, of which 55 carry realized prices spanning 2002 through April 2026. The price distribution is heavily right-skewed: the interquartile range runs from €100 to €450, with a median of €160, but the recorded maximum of €78,000 reflects complete or near-complete bound copies. Individual woodcut leaves from the Chronicle constitute the bulk of trade and typically realize between €100 and €450, with city views and maps (Constantinople, Breslau, Ulm) tending toward the upper end. Hand-colored examples carry a premium over uncolored leaves. Facsimile editions from the 1990s trade at €80–100, well below original incunabulum material. Liquidity is moderate: 6 lots appeared in the trailing 12 months versus 3 in the prior period, suggesting steady but niche demand. The market is served primarily by European auction houses—Gonnelli Casa d'Aste, Auktionshaus Wersching, Setdart, Karl & Faber, K&K Heidelberg—with occasional appearances at US houses such as RoGallery and Thomaston Place. All lots are catalogued in book/print categories rather than fine art, consistent with Schedel's role as author-compiler rather than visual artist. ### Appraisal notes An Appraisily appraisal for a Schedel-associated work would combine these 70 indexed auction records with client-submitted photographs, exact dimensions, medium identification (hand-colored woodcut, uncolored woodcut, printed leaf, or facsimile), any visible signatures or colophon marks, paper condition (foxing, tears, margin loss, restorations, binding remnants), edition details (Latin vs German 1493 edition, or modern facsimile), and provenance history. Comparable lots would be selected by matching subject type (city view, map, portrait, text page), coloring state, and condition grade. The wide price dispersion—€60 to €78,000—means precise comparable selection is critical; a Breslau city view leaf in good condition (€360 realized) is not comparable to a facsimile copy (€80–100) or a complete Chronicle volume. Currency adjustment (EUR, USD, CHF observed) and buyer's premium should be factored into final estimates. ### Valuation factors - [object Object] - [object Object] - [object Object] - [object Object] - [object Object] - [object Object] - [object Object] - [object Object] ### Collector notes ### Market caveats - [object Object] - [object Object] - [object Object] - [object Object] - [object Object] ### Market evidence sources - Appraisily auction record index: https://appraisily.com/api/scraper-search/artists/hartmann-schedel/seo-profile?recentLimit=24&relatedLimit=0 - Auktionshaus Wersching via Invaluable: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-hartmann-schedel-1440-1514-view-of-breslau-bressla-silesia-1493-195-c-4fe70aec75 - Hargesheimer Kunstauktionen Düsseldorf via Invaluable: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-hartmann-schedel-sexta-etas-mundi-3815-c-6cd45e0dfd - Auktionshaus Wersching via Invaluable: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-hartmann-schedel-hand-colored-woodcut-of-ulm-latin-edition-of-1493-46-c-d404cd1ae8 - RoGallery via Invaluable: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-hartmann-schedel-fantasy-view-of-lithuania-woodcut-199-c-b34417ba14 - Karl & Faber via Invaluable: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-hartmann-schedel-1440-nurnberg-1514-aus-schedel-scher-weltchronik-ordnung-der-churfursten-des-reichs-from-the-nuremberg-chronicle-order-of-the-prince-electors-of-the-realm-242-c-31540c1859 - Auktionshaus Rotherbaum OHG via Invaluable: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-hartmann-schedel-1440-nurnberg-1514-ebenda-1800-c-8d74c76a75 - K&K – Auktionen in Heidelberg via Invaluable: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-hartmann-schedel-stadtansicht-constantinopel-kolorierter-holzstich-von-1493-ders-darstellung-der-umweltkatastrophe-in-constantinopel-1490-holzschnitt-sebastian-munster-stadtansicht-von-konstantinopel-kolorierter-holzschnitt-von-1556-2-x-g-910-c-eb843e9b96 - Auktionshaus Königstein GmbH via Invaluable: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-hartmann-schedel-1440-1514-antike-stadtansicht-von-breslau-527-c-a0b4fef898 - Gonnelli Casa d'Aste via Invaluable: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-hartmann-schedel-bisancium-bononia-nuremberg-anton-koberger-per-sebald-schreyer-e-sebastian-kammermeister-1493-195-c-6b0418e8c6 - Setdart Auction House via Invaluable: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-hartmann-schedel-germany-1440-1514-liber-chronicarum-facsimile-edition-original-printer-anton-koberger-nuremberg-1493-facsimile-printer-biblioteca-nacional-and-vicente-garcia-editores-1994-in-good-condition-289-c-8ae4c8ba08 ## Appraisily data basis Appraisily artist pages combine artist identity research from library authority files and scholarly sources with auction records, auction-house cataloguing context, sale dates, realized prices, and comparable lots when those records are available. For Hartmann Schedel, identity data is drawn from the Library of Congress, Getty ULAN, VIAF, and Wikidata authority records, with biographical context from encyclopedia sources. ## Sources - Library of Congress: https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n50021976 - Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q58768 - Getty Vocabulary Program: https://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500088925 - VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/29681141/ - Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hartmann_Schedel