Caspar Sichelbein the Elder

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Transfiguration of St. Bruno over the Buxheim Charterhouse with its founder Heinrich von Ellerbach , probably 1603, attributed to Caspar Sichelbein the Elder

Johann Caspar Sichelbein (* around 1555 in Augsburg ; † February 14, 1605 in Memmingen ) was a German painter and founder of the Sichelbein family of painters .

After a stay in Kaufbeuren , Sichelbein settled in Memmingen . There he founded a five-generation painter dynasty, which was particularly active in churches and monasteries in Swabia and Switzerland .

His son, Caspar Sichelbein the Younger , was the teacher of the baroque painter Johann Heinrich Schönfeld , who lived in Memmingen for a short time.

literature

  • Günther Bayer: The Sichelbein family of painters. 1580-1758. Life pictures and works . Kunstverlag Josef Fink, Lindenberg 2003, ISBN 3-89870-142-5 .

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SURNAME Sichelbein, Caspar the Elder
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Sichelbein, Johann Caspar
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German painter
DATE OF BIRTH around 1555
PLACE OF BIRTH augsburg
DATE OF DEATH February 14, 1605
Place of death Memmingen