Erhard Altdorfer

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Erhard Altdorfer (also Erhart Altdorfer ; * probably after 1480 in Regensburg ; † after 1561 in Schwerin ) was a German draftsman , painter and master builder who worked as a court painter in Schwerin from 1512 to 1561 .

Life

Erhard Altdorfer was the younger brother of Albrecht Altdorfer , from whom he was probably also trained and with whom he probably formed a workshop community around 1506. Around 1510 a work for the Austrian monasteries Lambach , St. Florian and Klosterneuburg is suspected, where he probably first worked with works by Lucas Cranach the Elder. Ä. could have come into contact. In 1512 he moved to Schwerin, where Duke Heinrich V ("the peacemaker") of Mecklenburg-Schwerin had appointed him as court painter and master builder. On a trip with the Duke, he is likely to have met Lucas Cranach in 1512 . An altar for the Holy Blood Chapel of the Sternberg town church in Sternberg , created in 1516 by order of the Dukes Heinrich and Albrecht VII, was destroyed by fire in 1741.

For the Lübeck Bible (1533/34) printed by Ludwig Dietz in 1533/34 in the Low German translation by Johannes Bugenhagen , he provided woodcuts . In 1537 the Duke presented him with a house for his work. Between 1546 and 1551 he was given several building contracts, but these were so general that they can no longer be grasped today. From 1552 it was taken over by Duke Johann Albrecht I of Mecklenburg at his written request to Duke Heinrich. For Duke Johann Albrecht I he was presumably the chief architect of the royal court in Wismar between 1552 and 1555 . It is mentioned for the last time around 1561.

He influenced panel painters close to him and at least parts of altars in the collection of the St. Anne's Museum are directly attributed to him.

In contrast to his brother, Erhard Altdorfer is less independent and creative in his artistic work and often uses ready-made patterns from other artists such as his brother, Jacopo de 'Barbari and above all the Cranach workshop. He was mainly active as a draftsman and graphic artist and apparently has only created a few paintings. Only a few of his works are signed, so that a large part of the works assigned to him today are only attributions.

Works

First complete Danish translation of the Bible, 1550, with woodcuts by Erhard Altdorfer

Attributed paintings

  • Aufseee , castle chapel
    • Escape to Egypt.
  • Berching , St. Lorenz parish church
    • 8 panels for a Laurentius altar.
  • Gutstetten , rectory
    • Johannes Altar.
  • Klosterneuburg , Abbey Museum
    • Saint Leopold finds the veil.
  • Paris, private collection
    • The sermon of St. John the Baptist.
  • Regensburg , Historical Museum
    • The beheading of St. John the Baptist.
    • Martyrdom of St. John the Evangelist.
    • Saint Agnes.
    • Saint Apollonia.
  • Warsaw, Muzeum Narodowe
    • Scenes from the life of Jobs. (is attributed to the workshop)
  • Whereabouts unknown
    • Saint Jerome mortifying himself. (most recently in an undisclosed private collection)
    • Saint John on Patmos. (recently verifiable in American private ownership)

drawings

Graphics

  • Copper engravings
    • Symbol of vanity. 1506
    • Lady with a peacock coat of arms. 1506
    • Lover with whore. 1508
  • Woodcuts
    • Competition. 1513 (three parts)
    • Title border for Nicolaus Marschalk : Institutionum Reipublice Militaris ac civilis libri novem . 1515
    • Announcement of the Rostock port of happiness . 1518
    • Titeleinfassdung to inclite professor . 1519
    • The birth of christ. around 1519/20
    • Illustrations for Reyneke Vosz de olde , Rostock: Ludwig Dietz 1539
    • 79 woodcuts for the Lübeck Bible (1533/34)
    • Title version of the New Testament 1539
  • Etchings
    • Mountain landscape. around 1515–1520

literature

  • Walther Jürgens: Erhard Altdorfer. His works and his importance for the Bible illustration of the 16th century. Lübeck / Leipzig: Otto Quitzow 1931.
  • Katharina Packpfeiffer: Studies on Erhard Altdorfer. Vienna: VWGÖ, 1978 (dissertations from the University of Vienna; 137) complete. zugl .: Wien, Univ., Diss., 1974
  • Wilhelm Adolf Schmidt:  Altdorfer, Erhard . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 1, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1875, p. 358 f.
  • Ulla Stöver: Erhard Altdorfer: life and work. Attempt to create a monograph by the artist. Würzburg, Phil. F., Diss. May 19, 1947
  • Ludwig Baldass:  Altdorfer, Erhard. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 1, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1953, ISBN 3-428-00182-6 , p. 212 ( digitized version ).
  • Erhard Altdorfer . In: General Artist Lexicon . The visual artists of all times and peoples (AKL). Volume 2, Seemann, Leipzig 1986, ISBN 3-363-00115-0 , p. 675f.

Web links

Commons : Erhard Altdorfer  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ He is mentioned in his will in 1538 as a citizen of Schwerin.
  2. ^ Reproduction of the monograms used by Johannes Maybaum : Altdorffer, Erhard (also Altorfer) . In: Ulrich Thieme , Felix Becker (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists from Antiquity to the Present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker. tape 1 : Aa – Antonio de Miraguel . Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig 1907, p. 348-349 ( Text Archive - Internet Archive ).
  3. ↑ ADB gives 1570 as the last mention.
  4. ↑ So with the Wurzel-Jesse Altar from the castle monastery in Lübeck.
  5. ↑ So the two inactive wings of the Thomas Altar of the Brotherhood of Brewers' Knechte in the St. Anne's Museum.
personal data
SURNAME Altdorfer, Erhard
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Altdorfer, Erhart
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German painter, draftsman and builder
DATE OF BIRTH after 1480
PLACE OF BIRTH regensburg
DATE OF DEATH after 1561
Place of death Schwerin