Christoph Peucker

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Holy linden tree, high altar (attributed to Christoph Peucker)

Christoph Peucker (* 1662 in Königsberg ; † 1735 in Rößel ), also Peukert , Peickert , Preike and Peichert , was a German sculptor and cabinet maker who worked in East Prussia .

Life

Peucker was probably born in Konigsberg; according to other sources he came from Silesia . Little is known about his life. He was initially of the Protestant denomination, but converted to the Catholic faith with his family before 1711 . It is very likely that he completed his training with the sculptor Johann Christoph Döbel , where he was "foreman" and "first assistant". He acknowledged partial payments that he had received for work in Heilige Linde with the addition “within the framework of my principal as a person in power”, which suggests that he belonged to Döbel's workshop. He lived and worked as a sculptor in Königsberg. From 1699 he is proven there; in the contract for the manufacture of the pulpit in Heilige Linde, Peucker is referred to as a "carpenter in Königsberg". Peucker probably came into contact with the Jesuits in Heilige Linde through his teacher Döbel. Peucker's work in Döbel's workshop resulted in further orders for him in Heilige Linde. His ministry in Heilige Linde spanned a period of approximately twenty years. From his catalog raisonné it can be seen that Peucker later devoted himself mainly to carpentry work and that his activity as a sculptor took a back seat. Between 1711 and 1715 he moved to Rößel , where he was hired by the prince-bishop in Heilsberg before 1724 and appointed "state surveyor".

His earliest documented work is the pulpit for the Jesuit church in Heilige Linde from 1699/1700, which Peucker carved from French walnut wood. The pulpit was started at the end of 1699 and erected in August 1700. The high altar for the Jesuit church in Heilige Linde (1714) is one of his main works. In 1734 Peucker submitted his draft for the choir stalls of the Frauenburg Cathedral , which was approved by the cathedral chapter that same year. Peucker directed the work until his death. The job was then left to Peucker's widow, who commissioned her foreman and journeyman Christoph Sand (Sandt) from Rößel with it. The choir stalls were completed and installed in 1738. The last work Peucker completed himself was the high altar of the Franciscan Church in Cadinen , which was completed at the end of 1735, shortly before Peucker's death. The high altar was a foundation by Peucker for the "poorly" equipped church in Cadinen, with which he wanted to fulfill a given religious vow.

Peucker's proven creative period thus extends from the end of 1699 to shortly before his death in 1735. According to Ulbrich , Peucker probably worked in the entire Catholic Warmia during this period .

In art history literature, an identity between Peucker and a sculptor “Preike” from Braunsberg is sometimes assumed to be possible. This applies in particular to the attribution of the high altar, some side altars and the pulpit in the pilgrimage church of the Visitation in Krossen to Peucker.

Catalog raisonné

Documented works

  • 1699/1700: Pulpit in Heilige Linde .
  • 1700: side altar of St. Michael in holy linden tree.
  • 1700: side altar of St. Franz Xavier in Holy Linden.
  • 1702: side altar of St. Ignaz in holy linden tree.
  • 1702: side altar of St. Stanislaus in Holy Linden.
  • 1702: High altar in the Catholic parish church of St. Jakob in Open .
  • 1724/1735: Matur altar in Frauenburg Cathedral ; not received
  • 1734/38: choir stalls in Frauenburg Cathedral; Designed by Peucker in 1734; Completed only in 1738 after Peucker's death.
  • 1735: High altar for the Franciscan Church of St. Antonius in Cadinen .

Attributions (selection)

  • 1712/14: high altar in Heilige Linde .
  • 1713: High altar (carvings) in the listed Basilica of the Visitation of the Virgin Mary in Springborn (Polish: Bazylika Nawiedzenia Najświętszej Maryi Panny w Stoczku Klasztornym)
  • 1720: high altar (carvings) in the listed parish church of St. John the Baptist in Bishop's Castle (today Biskupiec ); "Around 1720".
  • 1720: High altar in the listed church of St. Michael the Archangel in Blankensee (today Blanki); "Around 1720".
  • 1720/25: Altar and pulpit of the parish church Groß Ottenhagen in Groß Ottenhagen (today Berjosowka, Kaliningrad, Gwardeisk).
  • 1720: Altar and pulpit of the parish church in Abschwangen (today Tischino, Kaliningrad ); "Around 1720".
  • 1720/25: high altar and pulpit in the listed St. Antonius Church in Wuslack (today Wozławki); Pulpit made between 1720 and 1725, high altar around 1725.
  • 1721: High altar from the Marienkirche in Braunsberg in the Catholic parish church in Arnsdorf (today Lubomino).
  • 1721: Side altars in the listed Catholic parish church of Sankt Katharina in Plaßwich (today Płoskinia).
  • 1724: High altar for the listed pilgrimage church of the Visitation of the Virgin Mary in Krossen (today Krosno, Powiat Lidzbarski); allegedly from a sculptor Preike, who is probably identical to P.
  • 1725: Side altars in the pilgrimage church of the Visitation of the Virgin Mary in Krossen.
  • 1725: High altar in the listed parish church Hl. Kreuz u. St. Laurentius in Krekollen (today Krekole).
  • 1728: Pulpit in the parish church Hl. Kreuz u. St. Laurentius in Krekollen.
  • 1730: Pulpit in the pilgrimage church in Krossen.
  • Works by Christoph Peucker

  • Holy Linden , side altar of
    St. Stanislaus

  • Holy Linden, side altar of
    St. Michael

  • Holy linden tree, pulpit

  • Krekollen, parish church Hl. Kreuz u. St. Laurentius, high altar

  • Krossen, pilgrimage church of the Visitation of the Virgin Mary, altar

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Anton Ulbrich: History of sculpture in East Prussia from the end of the 16th century to around 1870. Volume 2, Königsberg 1929, pp. 553-575.
  2. ↑ a b c d e f g h i Peucker, Christoph . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 26 : Olivier – Pieris . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1932, p. 511 .
  3. ^ Anton Ulbrich: The pilgrimage church in Heiligelinde (= studies on German art history. Volume 29). Strasbourg 1901, p. 78 f.
  4. ↑ a b Peucker, Christoph. In: Old Prussian biography. Volume 2. Elwert, Marburg 1967, p. 498 ( Google Books ).
  5. ↑ a b c d e f Ulbrich p. 553.
  6. ↑ Ulbrich p. 554; Equipment of the church interior ; Pilgrimage Church of Heilige Linde www.ostpreussen.net , accessed on January 10, 2016.
  7. ↑ a b c Ulbrich p. 557.
  8. ↑ Ulbrich p. 554 and p. 557/558.
  9. ↑ a b c Ulbrich p. 560.
  10. ↑ Ulbrich p. 554.
  11. ↑ a b c Ulbrich p. 554 f.
  12. ↑ a b Ulbrich p. 555.
  13. ↑ a b Ulbrich pp. 554 and 556.
  14. ↑ Ulbrich p. 557 and p. 565.
  15. ↑ Ulbrich p. 556.
  16. ↑ Ulbrich pp. 555, 556, 558.
  17. ↑ Monument Protection Basilica in Stoczek Klasztorny: Entry in the database of the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship with the numbers A-580 and 852 (S / 58) on August 23, 1968.
  18. ↑ Ulbrich, p. 561 and p. 562 f.
  19. ↑ Monument protection Saint John the Baptist church in Biskupiec: Entry in the database of the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship with the number 122 (B / 12) and A-19 on August 13, 1949.
  20. ↑ Ulbrich, p. 564.
  21. ↑ Monument protection Saint Michael Archangel church in Blanki: Entry in the database of the Warmia-Masurian Voivodeship with the numbers A-1152 and 815 on September 3, 1968.
  22. ↑ a b Ulbrich, p. 568.
  23. ↑ Ulbrich, p. 569 f.
  24. ↑ Ulbrich, p. 570.
  25. ^ Monument protection Saint Anthony the Great church: Entry in the database of the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship with the number A-37 on September 10, 1949.
  26. ↑ Ulbrich, pp. 565-567.
  27. ↑ Ulbrich, p. 571 and p. 573.
  28. ↑ Monument protection Saint Catherine of Alexandria church in Płoskinia: Entry in the database of the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship with the number A-205 on March 11, 1957.
  29. ↑ Ulbrich, p. 574 f.
  30. ↑ Monument Protection Church of the Visitation in Krosno: Entry in the database of the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship with the number A / 107 on June 27, 1953.
  31. ↑ Ulbrich, pp. 560/561
  32. ↑ Ulbrich, p. 560 and p. 572 f.
  33. ↑ Monument protection Holy Cross and Saint Lawrence church in Krekole: Entry in the database of the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship with the number A-1140 and 831 on September 1, 1968.
  34. ↑ Ulbrich, p. 567 f.
  35. ↑ Ulbrich, p. 574.
personal data
SURNAME Peucker, Christoph
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Peukert, Christoph; Peickert, Christoph; Preike, Christoph; Peichert, Christoph
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German sculptor and cabinet maker
DATE OF BIRTH 1662
PLACE OF BIRTH Koenigsberg
DATE OF DEATH 1735
Place of death Rössel