Barthold Froeler

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Fröler portal at the convent of the Brothers' Monastery in Braunschweig, above two warriors, below on the left a warrior and on the right an Amazon. The sun and moon are in the spandrels

Barthold Fröler (* probably Strasbourg ; † after 1612; also Frauler, Frawler, Frewler, Fraler or Praller ) was a German stonemason and sculptor of the Renaissance in Braunschweig.

Life

Barthold Fröler came from Strasbourg and became a new citizen in Braunschweig on November 15, 1600 . He married the widow of the stonemason Hans Rust and probably got his workshop. It is documented in a letter dated June 6, 1612 that after a dispute with Wolter Hasemann in 1609 he was fined and banned from Braunschweig for six months. In 1612, in a letter to the city council of Braunschweig, he asked as a " Lauenburg and Hamburg builder " to shorten the time of the sentence. The reason for the eviction from the city and the result of Fröler's application are unknown.

plant

Fröler was one of the “ most capable sculptors ” in Braunschweig around 1600 and the only work known from him in Braunschweig is the portal of the armory in Braunschweig. It is a portal that is located in the convent of the Brothers Monastery east of the Brothers Church in Braunschweig and is marked with the year 1604 and the insignia of Fröler B. F. The portal was supplemented in the 1980s with two warriors who were lost in the war. Fröler developed a personal style that is not based on Balthasar Kircher , the stone sculptor of the Gewandhaus . Although the entire system is based on Kircher, the details are independent. Fröler not only worked as a sculptor, but also as a stonemason. That was quite common at the time. His name is mentioned in an invoice for the repair of a stone trough on the old town market, in 1602 and 1606 he worked a number of ashlar stones and stand supports, and in 1606 he cut ashlar and house stones for Daniel Rust at the Aegidien Church. His name is often mentioned in stone masonry and masonry work for fortress works in the city of Braunschweig.

literature

  • Horst-Rüdiger Jarck (Ed.): Braunschweigisches Biographisches Lexikon. 8th to 18th centuries, p. 242, Braunschweig 2006, ISBN 3-937664-46-7
  • Paul Jonas Meier : The sculptor's handicrafts in the city of Braunschweig since the Reformation. In: Workpieces from the museum, archive and library of the City of Braunschweig VIII., Appelhans, Braunschweig 1936.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ P. & J. Meier: The artwork, p. 36 (see literature)
personal data
SURNAME Fröler, Barthold
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Friar; Frawler; Freewler; Fraler; Plumper
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German sculptor and carver
DATE OF BIRTH before 1600
PLACE OF BIRTH uncertain: Strasbourg
DATE OF DEATH after 1612