Andreas Herneisen

Signature of Andreas Herneisen in the Martinskapelle in Bürgstadt with the year 1589

Andreas Herneisen or Herneysen (* 1538 in Nuremberg ; † 1610 there ) was a German Renaissance painter .

Live and act

From 1562 Andreas Herneisen was named as a master in the Nuremberg council exits. In Nuremberg he painted numerous portraits of patricians such as the double portrait of Hans Sachs and himself. Andreas Herneisen stayed in Würzburg from 1578 to 1587 and - although a Protestant - received numerous commissions from the Würzburg prince-bishop Julius Echter . From 1590 to 1592 he painted the ceiling in the ballroom of the New Lusthaus on Schlossplatz in Stuttgart for Duke Ludwig von Württemberg . In 1593 Andreas Herneisen returned to his hometown and mainly made denomination pictures for Protestant parishes. In 1608/09 he worked again in Würzburg.

Works (selection)

Painting by Andreas Herneisen in the Germanic National Museum in Nuremberg

from 1562: portraits of Nuremberg patricians
1576: Double portrait of Hans Sachs and himself
Painting of the Cistercian monastery church Aldersbach in Lower Bavaria
Painting of the Protestant parish church in Beerbach in Middle Franconia
1581: Painting of Jacob's dream of the ladder to heaven today in the “Pilgrims & Pilgrims” museum in Dettelbach
1589: Donor picture in the Martinskapelle in Bürgstadt
1589/90: painting of the Martinskapelle in Bürgstadt
1590–1592: Ceiling painting of the ballroom of the New Lusthaus on Schlossplatz in Stuttgart with hunting scenes and landscapes
1601: Painting The Augsburg Confession for the Protestant Parish Church of St. Nicholas and Ulrich in Nuremberg- Mögeldorf
1602: Denomination picture in the Protestant parish church of Kasendorf in Upper Franconia
1606: Confessional painting in the Protestant parish church of Buchbrunn in Lower Franconia
1608/09: Work on the Würzburg Cathedral (ceiling paintings) and on the Marienberg Fortress

literature

Wolfgang Meister: The Martinskapelle in Bürgstadt. Testimony to the artistic sense and zeal for faith of a rural community around 1600 . Edited by the Heimat- und Geschichtsverein Bürgstadt, Bürgstadt 2004, ISBN 3-00-015104-4 , pp. 68–87.

Web links

Commons : Andreas Herneisen - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Literature by and about Andreas Herneisen in the catalog of the German National Library

Individual evidence

^ Georg Dehio : Handbook of German art monuments - Bavaria I - Franconia . Deutscher Kunstverlag , Munich 1979, ISBN 3-422-00359-2 , p. 167 .
^ Georg Dehio : Handbook of German art monuments - Bavaria I - Franconia . Deutscher Kunstverlag , Munich 1979, ISBN 3-422-00359-2 , p. 640 .
^ The Kasendorfer denominational picture www.landschaftsmuseum.de (accessed on April 20, 2014)
↑ 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. 606.

personal data
SURNAME	Herneisen, Andreas
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Herneißen, Andreas; Herneyßen, Andreas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German painter
DATE OF BIRTH	1538
PLACE OF BIRTH	Nuremberg
DATE OF DEATH	1610
Place of death	Nuremberg

[1] Georg Dehio : Handbook of German art monuments - Bavaria I - Franconia . Deutscher Kunstverlag , Munich 1979, ISBN 3-422-00359-2 , p. 167 .

[2] Georg Dehio : Handbook of German art monuments - Bavaria I - Franconia . Deutscher Kunstverlag , Munich 1979, ISBN 3-422-00359-2 , p. 640 .

[3] The Kasendorfer denominational picture www.landschaftsmuseum.de (accessed on April 20, 2014)

[4] 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. 606.