Anton Berin

Anton (i) Berin (* 1575 ; † around 1624 in Villingen in the Black Forest ) was a southern German painter of the early Baroque .

Berin's place of birth is not known, but throughout his life he worked mainly in Villingen. In a draft sled from 1604, his age is given as 29 years, from which it can be concluded that he was born in 1575. According to a council protocol from 1610, the counterfetter ( portrait painter ) was exempted from military service "for the sake of his art and admiration", which suggests that the artist was highly regarded. In 1617 he was allowed to be buried next to his contemporary Hans Amann in the ossuary near the old town church. Berin died shortly before 1624 as a well-known painter who made a name for himself primarily through altar paintings.

Some works by Berin, especially votive pictures , have survived. At a coronation of Mary from the Heilig-Geist-Spital he presented himself and his wife as praying shepherds. Only a few of his works are signed, for example an Adoration of the Kings from 1615. His works in the wider area of ​​Villingen include the side altars of the church of Ippingen (1618) and an altarpiece with the birth of Jesus for the parish church of St. Remigius in Heuweiler (1612). Like that of Hans Kraut and Hans Amann, Berin's work falls into an artistically very productive period in the history of Villingen between the late 16th and early 17th centuries .

literature

• P. Revellio: Contributions to the history of the city of Villingen. Villingen 1964, DNB 454004915 , pp. 236-241.