Ebert Wolf the Elder

Ebert Wolf the Elder (also: Eberhard Wolf, Eckbert Wulf, Wulff and other name variants * to 1535/1540 in Hildesheim , † 1606 / 1607 ) was a German sculptor . He mainly created tombs in numerous places in Lower Saxony .

life and work

Wolf is the father of three sons, Ebert Wolf the Younger , Hans Wolf and Jonas Wolf , who also worked as sculptors. He was in the womb registers of Hildesheim was first mentioned in the 1568th In 1579 he worked at the local council pharmacy .

After Wolf had settled with his sons in Bückeburg in 1603 , he created the (not preserved) fountain in front of Bückeburg Castle in 1604 and also worked for the Bückeburg city church .

Wolf also left tombs in Einbeck , Braunschweig , Harbke , Loccum and Suderode .

literature

Paul Jonas Meier: The Wolf family of sculptors from Hildesheim . In: Alt-Hildesheim Heft 7, 1926, pp. 12-25; Issue 12, 1933, pp. 40-46.
Wolf, Ebert the Elder Elder In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 36 : Wilhelmy-Zyzywi . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1947, p. 194 .

Individual evidence

^ ^A ^b Jeffrey Chipps Smith: Wulff family [Wolff, Wolf] . In: The Grove Dictionary of Art . Macmillan, Basingstoke, ISBN 978-1-884446-05-4 , doi : 10.1093 / gao / 9781884446054.article.T092398 (English).
↑ Wolf, Ebert, also Wolff, Wulf . In: Rudolf Vierhaus (Ed.): German Biographical Encyclopedia (DBE) . 2., revised. and extended edition. tape 10 : Thies-Zymalkowski . De Gruyter / KG Saur, Berlin / Boston / Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-11-096381-6 , p. 719 ( books.google.de - In the article about the son of the same name).

personal data
SURNAME	Wolf the Elder, Ebert
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Wolf, Eberhard; Wolf, Eckbert; Wulf, Eberhard; Wulf, Ebert; Wulf, Eckbert; Wulff, Eberhard; Wulff, Ebert; Wulff, Eckbert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German sculptor in Bückeburg and Hildesheim
DATE OF BIRTH	1533 or 1540
PLACE OF BIRTH	Hildesheim
DATE OF DEATH	1606 or 1607
Place of death	Hildesheim

[Grove-1] A ^b Jeffrey Chipps Smith: Wulff family [Wolff, Wolf] . In: The Grove Dictionary of Art . Macmillan, Basingstoke, ISBN 978-1-884446-05-4 , doi : 10.1093 / gao / 9781884446054.article.T092398 (English).

[2] Wolf, Ebert, also Wolff, Wulf . In: Rudolf Vierhaus (Ed.): German Biographical Encyclopedia (DBE) . 2., revised. and extended edition. tape 10 : Thies-Zymalkowski . De Gruyter / KG Saur, Berlin / Boston / Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-11-096381-6 , p. 719 ( books.google.de - In the article about the son of the same name).