Balthasar Hüglin
Balthasar Hüglin (mentioned 1661–1706 in Basel ) was a Swiss builder and sculptor.
Hüglin came from Binningen and became the municipal foreman in Basel in 1679. As a master builder, in 1697 he built two rooms in the Zunfthaus zum Schlüssel on Freie Strasse. As a stonemason and sculptor, he created the fountain of the weavers' guild in 1672 and the Caritas fountain in the city's orphanage in 1677. Hüglin also created busts of rulers for the house at Hebelstrasse 15 (around 1678), the statue of Abundantia (1681, now in the Basel Historical Museum ) and in 1706 the fountain of the Mentelinhof on Münsterplatz. The epitaph for Count Axel von Taupadel in St. Peter's Church (1671) is ascribed to him .
literature
- Arthur Burger: Fountain History of the City of Basel, ed. from the Basel Tourist Office, Basel 1970.
- Peter Felder: Baroque sculpture of Switzerland (= contributions to the history of art in Switzerland; 6). Wiese, Basel 1988, p. 34 and 253 ISBN 3-9091-5806-4 .
- Paul Koelner : History of the spinning weather guild in Basel and their crafts , Basel 1931 (reprint 1970)
- Thomas Lutz: The art monuments of the canton of Basel-Stadt. Basel-Stadt, Vol. 6: The old town of Kleinbasel. Secular buildings. Edited by the Society for Swiss Art History GSK. Bern 2004 (Art Monuments of Switzerland Volume 103). ISBN 3-906131-78-5 .
- François Maurer: Art Guide Canton Basel-Stadt, Bern 1980.
- Anne Nagel, Martin Möhle, Brigitte Meles: The Art Monuments of the Canton of Basel-Stadt , Vol. VII The Old Town of Grossbasel I - Profanbauten, Bern 2006.
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hüglin, Balthasar |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Heinz, Daniel; Heenze, Daniel de |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss builder and sculptor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | before 1661 |
| DATE OF DEATH | after 1706 |