Elias Räntz
Elias Räntz (baptized August 21st 1649 in Regensburg , buried 27. September 1732 in Bayreuth ) was a sculptor of the Baroque . Coming from a Styrian family, he worked, among other things, at the margravial court in Bayreuth.
Life
Räntz was appointed court sculptor to Margrave Christian Ernst in 1679 . He came from Italy , where he had studied in Rome , and was influenced by Gian Lorenzo Bernini and Alessandro Algardi . Like his sons and grandchildren later, he enriched the Bayreuth cityscape with important works of art.
- His son Johann Gabriel Räntz (1697–1776), from whom the pulpit altar (1749) and the four sandstone sculptures on the attic of the Bayreuth hospital church come from.
- Johann David Räntz (1729–1783), who created the Eremitenschlösschen in the Hermitage , completed in 1718, the Redoutenhaus in Bayreuth Opernstrasse in 1722 and the orphanage in Friedrichstrasse in 1730 .
- Lorenz Wilhelm Raentz (1733–1777), who worked in Rome in 1769 with his brother Johann David.
Works
Among the most important creations of the artist belong
- 1699–1705: Margrave fountain in Bayreuth, based on drawings by Charles Philippe Dieussart
- Portal decoration of the old town hall in Bayreuth
- Gravestone of the "pin bride" Margareta Katharina Schlenckin in the Bayreuth city cemetery
- 1703: Altar in the Laurentius Church in Thurnau
- 1706: Huguenot fountain in the palace garden in Erlangen
- 1706/1707: Carvings on the choir altar of St. Jakobus in Creußen
- 1710/1711: Altar and pulpit structure of the parish church in Pilgramsreuth
literature
- Susanne Sturm: The sculptor Elias Räntz (1649–1732): (A contribution to Franconian art history) . Erlangen 1945, OCLC 71988381 (dissertation).
- Karl Sitzmann : The Bayreuth court sculptor Elias Räntz: on the 300th anniversary of his birthday on Aug. 21, 1649 . Bayreuth 1949, OCLC 162963229 .
- Karl Sitzmann: artist and craftsman in Eastern Franconia. Kulmbach 1957, pp. 414-420.
- Rentz, Elias. In: Georg Kaspar Nagler : New general artist lexicon. Volume 13: Rhenghiero, Rhenghieri - Rubens, PP EA Fleischmann, Munich 1843, p. 37 ( books.google.de )
- Erika Bosl: Räntz. In: Karl Bosl (ed.): Bosls Bavarian biography. Pustet, Regensburg 1983, ISBN 3-7917-0792-2 , p. 887 f. ( Digitized version ). .
- Räntz, Elias. Walther Killy and Rudolf Vierhaus (eds.): German Biographical Encyclopedia. Volume 8, Saur, Munich 2007, p. 155 ( books.google.de ).
- Raentz, Elias . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 27 : Piermaria – Ramsdell . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1933, p. 557-558 .
Web links
Commons : Elias Räntz - Collection of images, videos and audio files
- Bayreuth personalities at barnick.de
Individual evidence
- ^ A b c d e Will von Poswik, Herbert Conrad: Bayreuth . Druckhaus Bayreuth, Bayreuth 1974, p. 9 f .
- ↑ a b The Margrave Fountain at the New Palace at markgrafenkultur.de, accessed on July 6, 2019
- ↑ Will of Poswik, Herbert Conrad: Bayreuth. P. 15.
- ↑ Will of Poswik, Herbert Conrad: Bayreuth. P. 12.
- ↑ Räntz, Johann David Wilhelm and Lorenz . In: Hans Wolfgang Singer (Ed.): General Artist Lexicon. Life and works of the most famous visual artists . Prepared by Hermann Alexander Müller . 5th unchanged edition. tape 4 : Raab – Vezzo . Literary Institute, Rütten & Loening, Frankfurt a. M. 1921, p. 5 ( Text Archive - Internet Archive ).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Räntz, Elias |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Rentz, Elias |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German baroque sculptor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | baptized August 21, 1649 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | regensburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | buried September 27, 1732 |
| Place of death | Bayreuth |