Daniel Lindtmayer, born in 1552 in Schaffhausen, Switzerland, was the fourth generation or more of artists who studied under his father, Felix Lindtmayer a glass painter.

Daniel became a stained glass window designer and mural painter. He was also influenced by Tobias Stimmer, an engraver, who had a workshop in Schaffhausen and then moved to the cosmopolitan city of Basel. By 1575 Daniel Lindtmayer also moved to Basel and worked as a stained glass designer, whose work reflected the influences from around Switzerland and the Upper Rhine valley.

Lindtmayer himself was deeply influenced by contemporary prints depicting linear perspective. Packed with detail, his elaborate compositions incorporated Renaissance strapwork, solidly three-dimensional human figures, and architectural frames filled with classical elements.

He was acquitted of attempted murder of a Konstanz goldsmith on the grounds of insanity. From 1598 to about 1601, he lived in Lucerne. He died there between 1602 and 1607.