Christoph Daniel Schenck

Relief Christ on the Mount of Olives , Kluftern parish church

Christoph Daniel Schenck , also Christophorus Schenck , Christoph Daniel Schenk , (* before August 26, 1633 in Konstanz ; † 1691 there ) was a German sculptor of the 17th century and became known for his baroque sacred art.

Life

Christoph Daniel Schenck came from a family of sculptors who mainly worked in the area of Lake Constance , Upper Swabia and Northern Switzerland . Trained by his father, he became known for his religious representations, mainly small sculptures made of boxwood and ivory . He was also known to Schenck for his extensive woodwork for altars , especially altar figures. Schenck was mainly active during the Counter Reformation , in which many churches and monasteries were redesigned. His work deals with topics such as human suffering and remorse .

Christoph-Daniel-Schenk-Strasse was named after him in Konstanz .

Works

Mission cross in the monastery church of St. Trudpert

• Christ with angels outside the tower of St. Laurentius Church in Tengen (around 1650)
• The Archangel Michael overcomes Satan (around 1645/50 or 1675)
• Samson (1670) in the Augustinermuseum Freiburg
• The penitent Magdalena (1679)
• The conversion of Paul (1685)
• The Penitent Peter (1679)
• Mocking of Christ (1685) in the J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
• Epitaph in the choir of St. Stephen's Church in Lindau with the grave monument of Valentin Heider from Lindau
• Altar in the north transept (Thomaschor) in Konstanz Minster

literature

• Wilhelm Boeck : The unknown work of the Constance carver Christoph Daniel Schenck . In: The Minster. Journal for Christian Art and Art History , Volume 6 (1953), Issue 3/4, pp. 66–74.
• Fritz Fischer u. a .: Christoph Daniel Schenck 1633–1691 . Thorbecke, Sigmaringen 1996, ISBN 3-7995-3153-X (catalog of the exhibition of the same name, Rosgarten Museum , Konstanz, September 21 to November 10, 1996).
• Fritz Fischer: Christoph Daniel Schenck and Johann Caspar Schenck. Two Austrian artists? . In: Schwäbische Heimat , Vol. 50 (1999), Issue 1, pp. 37-40.
• Rainer Kahsnitz, Peter Volk (ed.): The sculpture in southern Germany 1400–1770. Festschrift for Alfred Schädler . Deutscher Kunstverlag Munich 1998, ISBN 3-422-06220-3 .
• Brigitte Lohse: Christoph Daniel Schenck. A Constance master of the baroque ( Thorbecke-Kunstbücherei vol. 10). Thorbecke, Constance 1960.
• Lore Noack-Heuck : On the work of the Constance carver Christoph Daniel Schenck and his workshop . In: Das Münster 23, 1970, pp. 28–40.

Web links

Commons : Christoph Daniel Schenck  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Christoph Daniel Schenck (The J. Paul Getty Trust / Getty Museum Los Angeles)