TRAUT, Hans
(b. ~1460 Nürnberg, d. ~1516 Nürnberg)
German painter and draftsman. He originated in the Middle Rhine region and became a citizen of Nuremberg in 1477. There he was responsible for the decorative scheme of the Augustinian convent, and his major work, the Augustinian Altarpiece, dated 1487, is today in the Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Nuremberg. His son, Wolf Traut was also a painter and designer of woodcuts.