Hans Brosamer

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Portrait of Duke Ulrich von Württemberg (around 1545)

Hans Brosamer (* 1495 in Fulda ; † 1554 in Erfurt ) was a German painter , engraver , shape cutter and draftsman .

Hans Brosamer stayed in Nuremberg from 1519 to 1529, where portraits of Nuremberg citizens were made. Around 1536 to 1550 at the princely court in Fulda , later resident in Erfurt. He belongs to the school of Lucas Cranach the Elder , but is also influenced by Albrecht Dürer . Numerous copper engravings and woodcuts by Brosamer are known, which appeared in many printing works of that time. Luther's Wittenberg Bible from 1550 should also be mentioned. He also published a woodcut art book containing templates for goldsmiths . Paintings by Brosamer are rare. He usually signed with the monogram "HB".

painting

Portrait of Hans Durr, signed with the monogr. "HB" and dated 1521 as well as the portrait of Sebolt Schwartz signed and dated 1523. Both paintings were formerly in the collection of the German imperial family. They were wedding gifts from the emperor to the first prince of Eulenburg-Hertefeld.

Other secured works by Brosamer are the portraits of Hans Pirkel the Elder. J. von 1520, Jochum Wirman from 1521, Andreas Imhoff , Johannes von Otthera from 1536 and portrait of a young man .

Portrait of Hans Durr 1521
Portrait of Sebolt Schwartz 1523

literature

  • Bodo Gotzkowsky: Hans Brosamer's book woodcuts in works by Martin Luther and other religious prints of the 16th century: a bibliographical directory of their uses . Baden-Baden 2009. ISBN 978-3-87320-363-1 .
  • Bodo Gotzkowsky: Hans Brosamer's book woodcuts in scientific, humanistic and satirical prints of the 16th century , Baden-Baden 2012. ISBN 978-3-87320-364-8 .
  • Friedrich Wilhelm Bautz :  Brosamer, Hans. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 1, Bautz, Hamm 1975. 2nd, unchanged edition Hamm 1990, ISBN 3-88309-013-1 , Sp. 756-757.  ( Article / beginning of article in Internet archive )
  • Kurt Lochs: On the beginnings of the painter Hans Brosamer in Nuremberg . 2009.
  • Wolfgang Maier-Preusker in the private institute for art documentation and research (preparatory collection of documents for an overview of the paintings).
  • Oskar Eisenmann:  Brosamer, Hans . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 3, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1876, p. 363 f.
  • Irene Kühnel-Kunze:  Brosamer, Hans. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 2, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1955, ISBN 3-428-00183-4 , p. 637 f. ( Digitized version ).
  • Wolfgang Maier-Preusker: Documentation on the paintings "Portrait of Hans Durr 1521" and "Portrait of Sebolt Schwartz 1523" . 2012.
  • Anna Morath-Fromm: "Brosamer" text contribution in the exhibition catalog Dürer, Cranach, Holbein. The discovery of man. 2011/2012. Vienna, Kunsthistorisches Museum and Kunsthalle of the Hypo-Kulturstiftung. Page 140, cat.no.184.

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personal data
SURNAME Brosamer, Hans
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German painter, engraver, form cutter and draftsman
DATE OF BIRTH 1495
PLACE OF BIRTH Fulda
DATE OF DEATH 1554
Place of death Erfurt