Andreas Walther I

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Andreas Walther I (* around 1506 in Breslau , † around 1568 ibid ) was a German sculptor and electoral gunsmith . Differentiating it from other active artists with the same name as Andreas Walther II (sculptor, 1534-1584) and Andreas Walther III (sculptor, 1550-1592), he is called Andreas Walther I or Andrew Walter I. referred.

Life

He comes from a Silesian-Saxon family of artists . Andreas Walther I was born as the second son of Hans Walther I in Breslau. He is the younger brother of Christoph Walther I and the father of Christoph Walther II (1534–1584) and Andreas Walther II (around 1535–1581). In his childhood he had to work for his father in the execution of sculptural works. He also learned the craft of sculpting and carving and worked on various family objects.

He later learned the trade of a gunsmith in Wroclaw and became a recognized master gunsmith. He repaired hunting rifles for Prince Elector George II and was appointed Master Elector Gunsmith. An invoice from the Elizabeth Church in Breslau from July 27, 1546 shows that the master gunsmith worked on the church tower. He worked for the Brandenburg and Saxon courts, as well as for noble and ecclesiastical clients and created figures, epitaphs, tombs and reliefs made of sandstone, marble and alabaster in and around Brandenburg and Saxony. He died in 1568 of the plague raging in Wroclaw.

Works (selection)

Annunciation pulpit at the (old) town hall of Görlitz , relief panels by the sculptor Andreas Walther I
  • 1523 to 1530: Plastic facade decorations and a magnificent portal at the house at the Zur Goldenen Krone Ringstrasse 29, Breslau.
  • 1526 to 1530: Plastic facade decorations and a magnificent portal on Junkernstrasse 3, Breslau.
  • 1527: Plastic jewelry on the chapter house in Breslau.
  • 1528: Splendid entrance hall to the council chamber of the Wroclaw town hall .
  • 1533: Epitaph for Canon Stanislaus Sauer in the Kreuzkirche in Breslau .
  • 1534 to 1539: Tomb for the royal rentmaster Heinrich Rybisch in the cathedral in Breslau .
  • 1534: Epitaph for Bishop Johannes V in the cathedral in Breslau.
  • 1534: Commemorative plaque, sandstone, relating to the fall of the tower of the Elizabeth Church in Breslau in 1529.
  • 1535: Epitaph for the clergyman Peter Rindfleisch in the Elisabethkirche in Breslau.
  • 1536: two magnificent door walls in Brzeg Castle .
  • 1537: Magnificent portal, Schweidnitz Castle .
  • 1537 to 1538: Relief panels for the Annunciation pulpit at the (old) Görlitz town hall .
  • 1539: Epitaph for Bishop Jakob Salza in the St. Jakobus Church in Neisse .
  • 1549 to 1554: Various sculptures at Brieg Castle on behalf of Duke George II of Brieg (Brandenburg).
  • 1550: Epitaphs (sandstone) for the mayors Peter Horle and Andreas Clement Nikolaikirche Breslau .
  • 1555: Family epitaph of the Breslau provost Vincenc Hortensius in the St. Jakobus Church in Neisse.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Walter Hentschel: Dresden sculptors of the 16th and 17th centuries. Verlag Hermann Böhlaus successor, Weimar 1966,
  2. ^ City of Görlitz: Old Town Hall, New Town Hall. (No longer available online.) In: Dresden-und-Sachsen.de. Archived from the original on October 25, 2014 ; Retrieved October 19, 2014 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.dresden-und-sachsen.de
personal data
SURNAME Walther, Andreas I
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Walther, Andreas I.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German sculptor and electoral gunsmith
DATE OF BIRTH around 1506
PLACE OF BIRTH Wroclaw
DATE OF DEATH around 1568
Place of death Wroclaw