Claim: Michael Sittow (who was trained in the tradition of Early Netherlandish painting) returned to Reval where his stepfather seized his parents' houses since his mother had died in 1501, meanwhile, the local court did not support his claim for an inheritance, so he had to go to the Court of Higher Instance in Lübeck, and then later won the case.
Evidence: Michael Sittow (c. 1469 – 1525), also known as Master Michiel, Michel Sittow, Michiel, Miguel and many other variants, was a painter from Reval (now Tallinn, Estonia) who was trained in the tradition of Early Netherlandish painting. In the same year, he returned to Reval where his stepfather, the glass-maker Diderick van Katwijk had seized his parents' houses, as Michael's mother had died in 1501. As the local court did not support Sittow's claim for inheritance, he had to go to the Court of Higher Instance in Lübeck. He won the case in Lübeck, but could not officially register his parents' houses as his property until the death of his stepfather in 1518.