Erhart Küng
Erhart Küng , also Erhard Küng (* around 1420 in Stadtlohn , Westphalia ; † before January 30, 1507 ) was a German stonemason and master craftsman at the Bern Minster . He is considered to be the most important artist in Bern before Niklaus Manuel .
After an apprenticeship as a stonemason and years of traveling , he settled in Bern around 1455, was a member of the Grand Council there around 1460 , was appointed municipal works foreman in 1479 and in 1483 as minster works for life.
Küng was significantly involved in the expansion of the Münster platform . With assistants, he created the group of sculptures of the Last Judgment between 1460 and 1481/83 on the central west portal of the minster. Other works are a Man of Sorrows from the Thorberg Charterhouse , which is now kept in the Historical Museum in Bern , wooden altars in the Cathedral of Sion and the parish church of Ernen, and some pieces from the Bern sculpture find .
The well-known inscription machs na on the parapet in front of the second easternmost buttress on the northern flank of the minster probably comes from Küng .
literature
- Karl Ernst Hermann Krause: Küng, Erhart . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 17, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1883, p. 378.
Web links
- Franz-Josef Sladeczek: Küng, Erhart. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
- Franz-Josef Sladeczek: Küng, Erhart. In: Sikart
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Küng, Erhart |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Küng, Erhard |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German stonemason and master craftsman at Bern Minster |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1420 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Stadtlohn , Westphalia |
| DATE OF DEATH | before January 30, 1507 |