Christoph Rodt

Choir stalls of the monastery church in Roggenburg

High altar of the parish church of St. Martin in Illertissen

One of Rodt's early works: Christ crucified from 1604 in the Heilig Kreuz pilgrimage church in Mindelaltheim

Christoph Rodt (* around 1578 in Neuburg an der Kammel ; † 1634 in Kötz ) was a German sculptor.

Career

Christoph Rodt was probably trained as a sculptor by Hans Degler in Weilheim before 1600 .

In 1604 he made the high altar in the parish church of St. Martin in Illertissen and the figures of Christ crucified and the two thieves in the Holy Cross Church in Mindelaltheim . Rodt's main work is the cross altar, which he erected in the old church of the Premonstratensian monastery in Roggenburg in 1628 (broken off due to worm damage in 1753). The famous group of the Descent from the Cross in the parish church of Neuburg an der Kammel also originated from this altar.

In the following years he worked on the choir altar in the parish church of St. Martin in Gundelfingen (1625).

Christoph Rodt is also known for his images of grace . A total of six statues of the Virgin Mary have survived. One of these Madonnas stands in the former monastery church in Oberelchingen , today the parish church of St. Peter and Paul in Oberelchingen , which he was able to complete in 1607.

Place of life and work of the sculptor

Rodt died in Großkötz in 1634 .

One of Christoph Rodt's most important students is the Tyrolean Hans Patsch from Landeck.

literature

Georg Hartmetz: Christoph Rodt (around 1578–1634). Sculptor between Renaissance and Baroque. Weißenhorn 2019, ISBN 978-3-87437-586-3 .
Alina Dobrzecki-Langer: Rodt, Christoph. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 21, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 2003, ISBN 3-428-11202-4 , pp. 700 f. ( Digitized version ).
Joseph Christa: Christoph Rodt the master of the high altar in Illertissen. In: Yearbook of the Historical Association Dillingen an der Donau , 41./42. Year 1928/29, pp. 1–109. ( Digitized version )

Web links

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

Individual evidence

^ Georg Hartmetz: Christoph Rodt (around 1578–1634). Sculptor between Renaissance and Baroque (= studies of southern German wooden sculpture of the early 17th century ). Anton H. Konrad Verlag, Weißenhorn 2019, ISBN 978-3-87437-586-3 , p. 144 and 205-231 .
^ Georg Hartmetz: Christoph Rodt (around 1578–1634). Sculptor between Renaissance and Baroque (= studies of southern German wooden sculpture of the early 17th century ). Anton H. Konrad Verlag, Weißenhorn 2019, ISBN 978-3-87437-586-3 , p. 144 and 270-271 .

personal data
SURNAME	Rodt, Christoph
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH	around 1575
PLACE OF BIRTH	Neuburg an der Kammel
DATE OF DEATH	1634
Place of death	Kötz

[1] Georg Hartmetz: Christoph Rodt (around 1578–1634). Sculptor between Renaissance and Baroque (= studies of southern German wooden sculpture of the early 17th century ). Anton H. Konrad Verlag, Weißenhorn 2019, ISBN 978-3-87437-586-3 , p. 144 and 205-231 .

[2] Georg Hartmetz: Christoph Rodt (around 1578–1634). Sculptor between Renaissance and Baroque (= studies of southern German wooden sculpture of the early 17th century ). Anton H. Konrad Verlag, Weißenhorn 2019, ISBN 978-3-87437-586-3 , p. 144 and 270-271 .