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Weiditz [Weyditz; Widitz; Wyditz; Wydytz; Wydyz].

German family of artists, active in the Upper Rhine region from the mid-15th century to the mid-16th. The sculptor Bartholomäus Wyditz (d after 1477) from Meissen in Saxony married the daughter of the painter Marx Doiger (d 1477) in Strasbourg in 1469 and took up residence there. His son (1) Hans Weiditz (i) was probably the father of (2) Hans Weiditz (ii) and was also the father of (3) Christof Weiditz (i). (4) Christof Weiditz (ii) was the son of the latter.

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