Hertnid von Stein
Hertnid von Stein , also vom Stein (* around 1427 , † 1491 ) was a diplomat , Bamberg canon and art patron .
Hertnid von Stein came from the noble family von Stein zu Nordheim and Ostheim and was a scholar of law, he was in the service of the bishops of Bamberg and the margrave Albrecht Achilles . He was provost of St. Jakob in Bamberg . As a diplomat he was at the imperial court and at the papal curia. In 1487 he was present at the consecration of Bishop Heinrich III. Great from Trockau .
As pastor of Hof , he received important benefices . Even if he did not exercise the office himself, he worried about the expansion of the Michaeliskirche . He is considered to have commissioned the Hof Altarpiece , which Hans Pleydenwurff made and which is now in the Alte Pinakothek in Munich, and the Hertnid Altarpiece in the Hofer Lorenz Church . He has had himself portrayed in the central panel with the imperial couple Heinrich and Kunigunde.
literature
- Axel Herrmann: Small history of the city of Hof. Pustet-Verlag, Regensburg 2002, ISBN 978-3-7917-2448-5 , p. 30 f.
- Karl Sitzmann : artist and craftsman in Eastern Franconia. Kulmbach 1957, p. 55.
- Matthias Thumser: Hertnidt vom Stein (approx. 1427–1491) - Bamberg cathedral dean and margravial Brandenburg council - career between church and prince service. Neustadt ad Aisch 1989.
Web links
- Literature by and about Hertnid von Stein in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Stein, Hertnid von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Stein, Hertnid vom |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Canon of Bamberg, diplomat, patron of the arts, pastor of Hof |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1427 |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1491 |