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and quality of the witnesses: 6 members of the cosmopolitan, prosperous and well-educated patriciate of
Dortmund, among them the second mayor of the current council, Herrmann Klepping, the tertiary council member, Detmar Klepping, and both mayors already elected for the following council year, Arnd Sudermann and Lambert Berswordt. The wealth of the groom and the eminent witnesses may well indicate that this was a second marriage. (A master had to marry before he could open his own workshop and it would then have taken a while to earn such wealth).
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a painter 'Gerhard von Soyst' (Soest), a very prosperous member of the
Cologne painters' guild, is recorded in 1417 as liable to additional wealth tax. As the name is not common and the profession ran in families, it seems reasonable to surmise that Gerhard was Conrad's son. It is interesting in this
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The marriage contract ("Morgensprache"), made before witnesses, between "Conrad von Soest" and "Gertrude, daughter of
Lambertes van Munster", is dated February 11, 1349. The couple was able to dispose of a considerably sum each in this contract. Another unusual aspect of the contract is the number
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For a reconstruction of the altarpiece, see
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As the name 'Conrad von Soest' does not appear in the list of new citizens and as his marriage contract was written in the form reserved for
Dortmund citizens, he was clearly born to a Dortmund family.
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around 1390 and influenced German and
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concerning the former attribution of further works see: Brigitte Corley, "Einige
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Luise von Winterfeld, "Meister Konrad von Soest, ein geborener Dortmunder BĂĽrger und andere Dortmunder Maler", in:
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