Franz Sickinger

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Stonemason's mark by Franz Sickinger

Franz Sickinger (born before 1470; died after 1503) was a German stonemason of the late Gothic period who worked in Burghausen from 1475 to 1503 .

Life

Sickinger's own gravestone

There is no reliable knowledge about the descent and origin of Franz Sickinger. It can be assumed that Sickinger was already working as an apprentice or as a journeyman in the workshop of the brothers Hans and Matthäus Haldner in Munich around 1470 . Around 1475 Sickinger settled as an independent master in Burghausen, where he can be proven to be a citizen in 1489. He took over an already existing workshop, presumably from the master of the Lehnberg coat of arms gravestones , whose works can be verified in the Burghausen Rent Office since the middle of the 15th century . It is not known where the workshop was in Burghausen. Presumably Sickinger was a member of the Burghauser Steinmetzbruderschaft, which was founded in 1459, but was definitely not documented until 1478. Sickinger was entrusted with important commissions early on and was at times probably the most respected master in his field in the sub-duchy of Bavaria-Landshut . His last known works were created in 1503 for the Altötting Collegiate Foundation. Sickinger may have died in the Burghausen town fire on November 10, 1504. The tombstone he made during his lifetime is now in the tower hall of St. Jakob in Burghausen.

style

Sickinger's artistic handwriting is very characteristic. His particularly carefully worked out inscriptions were derived from the font used by the Haldners. Sickinger developed independent shapes, especially for the initials. For example, the capital letters A and H were often special, e.g. B. decorated with mocking masks. Corrugated tapes running around the edge of the plate with a little man holding her coat of arms are particularly common in his late work. The characters and decorative elements that were inserted into the font or with which gaps at the end of the line were filled are also characteristic. These rosettes, flower stalks or stylized branches and foliage are characterized by both a particular abundance and an extraordinary variety of forms.

Sickinger's works are made exclusively of red limestone, so-called red marble .

Works (including attributions after Liedke)

Early work

  • Around 1475: Grave slab for canon Ulrich Stettner in Baumburg monastery
  • Around 1475: Epitaph for Michael Egkstetter in St. Jakob in Wasserburg am Inn
  • Around 1446: Memorial stone for the blessed Irmingard in Frauenchiemsee
  • 1446: Grave slab for the Abbess Magdalena Auer von Winckl in Frauenchiemsee
  • 1476: Grave slab for Margarete Frauendienst in Frauenchiemsee
  • Grave slab for the citizen Friedrich Möringer and his wife Katharina († 1475); Garden wall of the Burghausen City Pharmacy
  • Around 1476/77: Cover plate of the Thumba for Georg von Laiming and his wife Anna in St. Rupertus (Amerang)
  • 1477: Memorial stone of the tournament aristocracy of the Taufkirchner family, formerly in the Taufkirchner chapel, now in the nave of the Augustinian canons' church, Baumburg monastery
  • Grave slab for Canon Georg Perfaller († 1478) in Baumburg Monastery
  • Grave slab for the monastery judge Thomas Waldner († 1487) in Frauenchiemsee
  • Around 1478: Grave slab for the citizen Hans Oberkirchner in the Assumption of Mary in Erlach
  • Around 1480: Cover plate of the Tumba for Christian Ebenstetter in Gars Monastery

Main work

Epitaph of the Hammerpeck dynasty in St. Martin (Landshut)
Epitaph for Ulrich Gächenperger on the outer wall of the choir of St. Jakob, Burghausen
Endowment in St. Marinus and Anianus (Rott am Inn)
  • Between 1480 and 1488: Grave slab for Probst Paulus Pelchinger in Baumburg Monastery
  • Gravestone for the ducal rentmaster Erasmus Mainberger († 1480), today on the ground floor of the hall of Burghausen Castle
  • Epitaph for the Duke of Zollner Hans Daun († 1481) on the outer wall of the choir of St. Stephan in Braunau
  • Grave slab for Michelreiber († 1481) and his wife Dorothea in St. Jakob (Burghausen)
  • Grave slab for the abbot Aegid Steiner († 1481) in the Raitenhaslach monastery
  • Grave slab for the noble Heinrich Ameranger († 1483) in the parish church in Haslach (Traunstein)
  • Around 1483/84: Grave slab for the Traunstein citizen Hans Rinkheimer († after 1513) and his wives Magdalena and Elisabeth, parish church in Haslach (Traunstein)
  • Around 1483/84: grave slab for the aristocrat Thomas Trenbeck and his sister-in-law Margerete Trenbeck, b. Radlkofer in the pavement of the Kollegiatstifts cloister (Altötting)
  • 1485: Founding membership in St. Marinus and Anianus (Rott am Inn)
  • Gravestone for Wilhelm Pabmperger, canon of the Altötting Abbey and pastor in Burgkirchen († 1485) in St. Johann Baptist (Burgkirchen an der Alz)
  • Around 1485/90: epitaph for councilor Wilhelm Leomann and his two wives in St. Martin (Landshut)
  • Grave slab for Conrad N. Pastor of Oberweidach († around 1485/90) in St. Mariä Himmelfahrt (Feichten an der Alz)
  • Around 1485/90: epitaph for Franz, Pantaleon and again Franz Hammerpeck and their wives in St. Martin (Landshut)
  • Grave slab for Jörg Pfaffenpeck († 1486) in the parish church in Haiming
  • Epitaph for the chaplain Johannes Perger († 1488) on the outer wall of the choir of St. Jakob (Burghausen)
  • Around 1488: Fragment of a grave slab on the east inner wall of the parish church in Haslach (Traunstein)
  • Grave slab for the chaplain Georg Puegenkammer († 1488) in St. Bartholomäus in Julbach
  • Around 1488: Memorial stone for the noble family of the calves in the Raithenhaslach monastery
  • Around 1489/90: grave slab for the citizen Georg Ernst in St. Andreas (Trostberg)
  • Around 1490: epitaph for councilor Hans Schilthack and his two wives on the outer wall of St. Martin (Landshut)
  • Around 1490: Grave slab for the Hereditary Marshal Gentiflor Pfäffinger in St. Johannes Baptist ( Salmannskirchen )
  • Around 1490: memorial stone of the Pfäffinger family on the footbridge in Raitenhaslach monastery
  • 1490: Memorial stone of the zechers on the east wall of the parish church Gilgenberg
  • Epitaph of Magdalena Mautner von Katzenberg († 1491), probably originally in the Heilig-Geist-Kirche , now in the Burghausen City Museum
  • Grave slab for Jörg von Hocholting zu Königsberg († 1491) in the pilgrimage church of St. Salvator (Heiligenstadt)
  • Epitaph of the Schweibermair family in the (from the east) 5th side chapel in the south aisle of St. Martin (Landshut)
  • Gravestone for Ulrich Gächenperger († 1491) on the outer wall of the choir of St. Jakob (Burghausen)
  • Around 1493: Gravestone for the stonemason Franz Sickinger and the master Stephan Lederer and their wives in the basement of the tower in St. Jakob (Burghausen)
  • Grave slab for Elisabeth Trenbeck († 1493) on the south outer wall of St. Stephan (Braunau)
  • Around 1493: grave slab for Luzia Apfentaler in the parish church in Haslach (Traunstein)
  • Epitaph for the ducal market and district judge Gebhard Schirnecker († 1493) and his wife Barbara, b. Venice (er) on the south outer wall of St. Andreas (Trostberg)
  • Around 1494/95: Grave slab for the citizen Stephan Polntrescher, his housewife Magdalena and her brother Hans Golter in St. John the Baptist (Passau)
  • Grave slab for the noble Carl Kärgl zu Obersüßbach († 1495) and his wives Margarete von Harsch and Dorothea von Freudenberg in the Preysing Chapel, Seligenthal Abbey (Landshut)
  • Epitaph for the painter Wolfgang Reuter († 1495) in St. Stephan (Braunau)
  • Grave slab for Canon Erasmus Pullinger († 1495), Baumburg Abbey
  • Grave slab for the Traunstein citizen Conrad Schwaiger († 1495) and his wife Magdalena as well as for Wolfgang Schwaiger († 1505) in the St. Michaelskapelle in Haslach (Traunstein)
  • Grave slab for the chaplain Wolfgang Kapler († 1495) on the cemetery wall of the parish church in Haslach (Traunstein)
  • Grave slab for the Traunstein citizen Heinrich Straßberger († 1485) and his wife Elisabeth as well as for Andreas Straßberger on the western cemetery wall of the parish church in Haslach (Traunstein)
  • Grave slab for the priest Johannes Goltperger († 1495) in St. Andreas (Trostberg)

Late work

  • Epitaph and grave slab for Doctor Johannes Parreyt († 1497) in St. Stephan (Braunau)
  • Fragment of a grave slab for N. Mauerperger and his wife († end of the 15th century) at the parish church of St. Nikolaus (Neuötting)
  • End of the 15th century: grave slab for the ducal Kastner Veit Herberger and his wife in Sankt Nikolaus and Stephanus (Eggenfelden)
  • Between 1496 and 1500: Epitaph for Probst Georg Dietrichinger in Baumburg Monastery
  • Around 1497: epitaph for the imperial councilor Hans III. Herzheimer in St. Andreas (Trostberg)
  • Around 1498: Building inscription plaque on the parish church of St. Andreas in Trostberg
  • Grave slab for the chaplain Urban Strach († 1499) in Sankt Nikolaus and Stephanus (Eggenfelden)
  • Grave slab for the ducal Zollner Hans Klötzl († 1502) in St. Stephan (Braunau)
  • Grave slab for the monastery judge Wolfgang Dietrichinger († 1503) in the Baumburg monastery
  • 1503: Altar stones and column shafts with associated plinths and capitals for the rood screen of the Abbey Parish Church Altötting

Undated

  • Memorial stone on the south inner wall in the choir, Baumburg Abbey
  • Fragment of a grave slab for N. Ranpeck in the pavement in front of the Gächenperger epitaph, St. Jakob (Burghausen)
  • Fragment of a coat of arms tombstone in the master builder's house (Burghausen)
  • Addendum on a grave slab of the noble family of the sugar sword in Raitenhaslach monastery
  • Grave slab for various citizens and their wives in St. Andreas (Trostberg)

Web links

Commons : Franz Sickinger  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

literature

Remarks

  1. ↑ Markus T. Huber: From "marble stone columns" and "crazy altars". The late Gothic rood screen of the Altötting collegiate church and its relics . In: Passauer Jahrbuch 58, 2016, pp. 221–237.
personal data
SURNAME Sickinger, Franz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Late Gothic stonemason who worked in Burghausen (1475–1503)
DATE OF BIRTH before 1470
DATE OF DEATH after 1503
Place of death Burghausen active