Andreas Schultze

Andreas Schultze (* around 1600 in Calau ; † around 1670) was a Torgau sculptor at the transition from early baroque to high baroque .

Life

Andreas Schultze was born between 1590 and 1610 in Calau in Niederlausitz . His birth and death dates are not known because the relevant documents are missing. Schultze probably completed his sculpting apprenticeship with Samuel Hanauer in Strehla . There is documentary evidence of Schultze's workshop in the Torgau baker's quarter from 1642.

Sculptural works by Schultze are proven and preserved in churches in Lower Lusatia and Saxony . Schultze worked as a wood sculptor , but also created important works from sandstone or combined materials (for example alabaster ). His sandstone pulpits, for example, usually have sound covers made of wood by him . A typical feature of Schultze's work are angel figures, the wings of which have a peculiar stylized shape of curled feathers.

Altar of the upper church St. Nikolai in Cottbus

Schultze's most extensive work is the 11 meter high altar in the upper church of St. Nikolai in Cottbus , which was walled up to protect it from destruction in 1945. The parts of the altar damaged during the war were rebuilt or restored by 1965. The altar is one of the most important Cottbus cultural monuments.

Another important work is the pulpit of the St. Nikolai Church in Luckau . The pulpit is supported by two figures, its staircase is richly decorated and the magnificent sound cover has a star-shaped floor plan . The work on the pulpit threatened to ruin the sculptor, as the agreed payments were not made, but he had costs for materials, transport and journeyman . He was briefly imprisoned in Torgau and forced to continue the work anyway. The pulpit was painted or gilded in 1681 by Christian Mätzschke from Leipzig.

The last written document about Andreas Schultze is a passport application from one of his apprentices, which he submitted in 1668.

Works

year	job	place	material	comment
1643	pulpit	Calau	Wood	Destroyed in 1945
1649	pulpit	Sonnewalde	Wood	Destroyed in 1734
1649	pulpit	Kemmen near Calau	Wood
1649	altar	Pinching	Wood
around 1650	baptism	Pinching	Wood
1650	altar	Calau	Wood	Destroyed in 1945
1655	pulpit	Belgians	Wood
1655	pulpit	Schönborn near Doberlug	Sandstone
1657	altar	Dobristroh	Wood
1658	pulpit	Herzberg	Sandstone
1660	altar	Belgians	Wood
1661	altar	cottbus	Sandstone, alabaster, wood	restored after partial destruction (1945) (1965)
1666	pulpit	Luckau	Sandstone

literature

• Fritz Bönisch : Andreas Schultze a sculptor from Lower Lusatia in the 17th century. Niederlausitz working group for regional research , Cottbus 1984