Antonius Eisenhoit

Portal of the Eisenhoithaus in Warburg with the helmet as the family coat of arms

The heresy as a goddess (1589)

Ecce homo (1590)

Armillary sphere, together with Jost Bürgi (1585)

Leopold von Stralendorf (after 1590)

Dietrich von Fürstenberg (1592)

Antonius Eisenhoit (also Eisenhoit von Warburg , * 1553/1554 in Warburg -Altstadt in the Principality of Paderborn , † autumn 1603 in Warburg) was a German goldsmith , silversmith, copper engraver and draftsman.

Life

After years of apprenticeship and traveling and a stay of several years in Rome, where he worked for a member of the papal curia , he returned to Warburg. There he made works of art for twenty years, mostly commissioned work such as for the Metallotheca Vaticana by Michele Mercati . He was also known as the German Benvenuto Cellini .

Occasionally he seems to have signed works as Anton Eisen .

Works (selection)

Copper engravings

Apollo from the Belvedere (around 1580) (in the Museum im Stern , Warburg)
The heresy as a goddess (1589)
Ecce homo (after Taddeo Zuccari ) (1590)
Portrait of Leopold von Stralendorf (after 1590)
Portrait of Dietrich von Fürstenberg (1592)

Metalwork

Armillary sphere with astronomical clock , together with Jost Bürgi (1585)
Schützenkleinod for the Warburger Schützengesellschaft

Honors

In 1912, the sculptor Franz Heise erected a memorial with a fountain on the Warburg Neustadtmarkt, showing him sitting down during a break from work.
The former "Eisenhoitschule" in Warburg, a special school with a special focus on learning, was named after him.

literature

Roderich Irmer: A German Benvenuto Cellini . In: The Gazebo . 1880 ( full text [ Wikisource ]).
Wilhelm Engelbert Giefers : The silver work of the Warburg master Anton Eisenhoit. Warburg 1880 ( urn : nbn: de: hbz: 6: 1-56424 )
Carl Alhard von Drach: Eisenhoit, Anton . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 48, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1904, pp. 317-322.
Anna Maria Kesting: Anton Eisenhoit, a Westphalian engraver and goldsmith . 1964
Christoph Stiegemann (Ed.): Wonderwork. Divine order and measured world. The goldsmith and engraver Antonius Eisenhoit and court art around 1600 . Catalog book for the exhibition in the Archbishop's Diocesan Museum in Paderborn. Verlag Philipp von Zabern, Mainz 2003, ISBN 3-8053-3260-2
Anne Herden-Hubertus: An artist monument in Warburg: the Eisenhoit fountain . (PDF; 1.37 MB) In: Preservation of monuments in Westphalia-Lippe. 01/07. LWL, Ardey, Münster 2007. ISSN 0947-8299 , pp. 28-30
Rainer Rückert : Eisenhoit, Anton. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 4, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1959, ISBN 3-428-00185-0 , p. 415 ( digitized version ).

Web links

Commons : Antonius Eisenhoit - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

↑ See also the illustration Leopoldus a Stralendorff 1590.jpg in connection with Alfons Grunenberg: The fiefdom and the property of Leopold von Stralendorf in Heuthen . In: Eichsfelder Heimatzeitschrift . Volume 60, Issue 10, October 2016, ISSN 1611-1648 , p. 293 ( meckedruck.de [PDF; 1.7 MB ] citation on p. 295 ).
↑ Listed as Anton Eisen in JGA Frenzel: Collection of copper engravings and hand drawings by Sr. Excellenz of Count Franz v. Sternberg-Manderscheid . tape 2 . CC Meinhold and Sons, 1838, p. 178 ( limited preview in Google Book search). In the copper engraving Haeresis Dea carried out as evidence, however, the signature Primitiae artis Antonii Eisen / hoit is clearly shown . It must therefore be an error on the part of the author.

personal data
SURNAME	Eisenhoit, Antonius
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Warburg, Eisenhoit from
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German artist, goldsmith, engraver and draftsman
DATE OF BIRTH	1553 or 1554
PLACE OF BIRTH	Warburg Old Town
DATE OF DEATH	1603
Place of death	Warburg

[1] See also the illustration Leopoldus a Stralendorff 1590.jpg in connection with Alfons Grunenberg: The fiefdom and the property of Leopold von Stralendorf in Heuthen . In: Eichsfelder Heimatzeitschrift . Volume 60, Issue 10, October 2016, ISSN 1611-1648 , p. 293 ( meckedruck.de [PDF; 1.7 MB ] citation on p. 295 ).

[2] Listed as Anton Eisen in JGA Frenzel: Collection of copper engravings and hand drawings by Sr. Excellenz of Count Franz v. Sternberg-Manderscheid . tape 2 . CC Meinhold and Sons, 1838, p. 178 ( limited preview in Google Book search). In the copper engraving Haeresis Dea carried out as evidence, however, the signature Primitiae artis Antonii Eisen / hoit is clearly shown . It must therefore be an error on the part of the author.