Erhard Barg

Erhard Barg (* 1544 in Schwabisch Gmund , † after 1603) was a German sculptor of the Renaissance , a "master of Epitaphs " (Kissling).

Epitaph for Peter III. Echter and Gertraud von Adolzheim in Hessenthal

Life

Barg, influenced by Sem Schlör , lived mainly in Schwäbisch Hall , but also worked in Würzburg and Aschaffenburg , in the Main Franconian and Hessian areas, most recently in Mergentheim in 1604 .

One of his most important works is the large wall tomb of the von Rechberg family in the Cyriakus Church in Schwäbisch Gmünd-Straßdorf . The tombs of Erasmus Neustetter called Stürmer in the Würzburg Cathedral and of Daniel Echter von Mespelbrunn († 1582) in the Würzburg Franciscan Church of the Holy Cross also come from him .

Bay window of the Bishop's Palace in Würzburg, Domherrenhof (Curia) from 1588 to 1609

His Würzburg works are influenced by the brothers Georg and Johann Robin , with whom he met while working on the building of the Old University . The sculptural jewelry on the bay window of today's Würzburg Bishop's Palace (former Curia Conti) was also attributed to Barg on behalf of Canon Julius Ludwig Echter von Mespelbrunn (a nephew of Julius Echter ).

Further work: Grave monument of Count Georg III. von Erbach in the town church of Michelstadt (around 1605).

literature

Hermann Kissling : artist and craftsman in Schwäbisch Gmünd 1300–1650. Einhorn-Verlag Dietenberger, Schwäbisch Gmünd 1995, ISBN 3-927654-46-9 , pp. 77-80.

Web links

Commons : Erhard Barg - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

↑ Stefan Kummer : Architecture and fine arts from the beginnings of the Renaissance to the end of the Baroque. In: Ulrich Wagner (Hrsg.): History of the city of Würzburg. 4 volumes; Volume 2: From the Peasants' War in 1525 to the transition to the Kingdom of Bavaria in 1814. Theiss, Stuttgart 2004, ISBN 3-8062-1477-8 , pp. 576–678 and 942–952, here: p. 600.

personal data
SURNAME	Barg, Erhard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German Renaissance sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH	1544
PLACE OF BIRTH	Schwäbisch Gmünd
DATE OF DEATH	after 1603

[1] Stefan Kummer : Architecture and fine arts from the beginnings of the Renaissance to the end of the Baroque. In: Ulrich Wagner (Hrsg.): History of the city of Würzburg. 4 volumes; Volume 2: From the Peasants' War in 1525 to the transition to the Kingdom of Bavaria in 1814. Theiss, Stuttgart 2004, ISBN 3-8062-1477-8 , pp. 576–678 and 942–952, here: p. 600.