Michael Ostendorfer

He appears to have been intermittently active as a court painter back in Neumarkt from 1535 to 1544, when Friedrich II moved to Heidelberg.

[2] Eventually, as the result of his begging, the City Council and the Protestant community got together to provide him with some simple work that including making woodcuts of cityscapes and public events.

In 1554, they finally offered him a major commission, preparing the Reformation Altar for the Neupfarrkirche [de], but granted him only part of the payment in advance, concerned that he would squander it.

When he tried to give painting lessons there, to help pay off his debt, it led to many quarrels and he was ejected for breaking the rules.

[3] His works may be found in Prague, Budapest, London and Munich as well as at the Regensburg Museum of History.