Conrad Faber von Kreuznach

It is speculated that Conrad Faber von Kreuznach served as a wood carver and illustrator for the publisher Peter Schöffer who was a former employee of Johannes Gutenberg.

[1] At the beginning of the Reformation just like many other artists deprived of their main source of income, Faber experienced a debt ridden life with modest commissioned works.

His son was named after the child's godfather Martorff Ludwig, whose portrait by Faber is included as part of his Frankfurt works.

Catherine married Faber's fellow painter Jacob Laßmann on 6 November 1553 while she sent her seven-year-old son Louis for further education to her step father and her mother in northern Hesse.

A large number of the paintings by Conrad Faber are portraits of wealthy clients and also Landscapes and Cityscapes.