Gregor Erhart
Gregor Erhart (* around 1465 in Ulm ; † 1540 in Augsburg ) was a carver and stone sculptor at the transition from the late Gothic to the Renaissance . He is a son of Michel Erhart , brother of Bernhard Erhart , father of Paul Erhart and is assigned to the Ulm School .
Life
At first he worked with his father in the workshop, but in 1494 he moved to the neighboring Free Imperial City of Augsburg. It is believed that he received an order for the monastery and the church of St. Moritz there. He lived in the house of his brother-in-law Adolf Daucher , who worked as a "Kistler" (cabinet maker).
In 1496 he received the master's license. A short time later, a chronicler referred to him as "Ingeniosus magister". In 1531 Gregor Erhart handed over his flourishing workshop in Augsburg to his son Paul Erhart . Nine years later, he died at the age of about 70.
Works (selection)
- High altar in St. Maria (Thalkirchen) , 1482–1485
- Madonna figure in St. Ulrich and Afra in Augsburg, around 1495
- Protective mantle Madonna for the high altar of Kaisheim Monastery , 1502–1504 (dismantled in 1672, later in the Berlin Sculpture Collection, destroyed in 1945)
- Magdalene figure, called “La Belle Allemande”, around 1510, allegedly from the Dominican Church in Augsburg , today Louvre , Paris
- Frauensteiner Schutzmantelmadonna , after 1510 ( pilgrimage church Frauenstein near Molln )
- Crucifix from the year 1510/1520, since 1808 in Öllingen , bought by the local pastor in Ulm as demolition goods.
- Epitaph of the doctor Adolph Occo († 1503), Augsburg cathedral cloister
- Epitaph of Ambrosius Wirsung (died 1513), Bozen , Dompfarrkirche Maria Himmelfahrt
- Willibald monument at the entrance to the west choir of Eichstätter Cathedral , dated 1514
The figures on the high altar in the Blaubeuren monastery have been attributed to Gregor Erhart on various occasions, but are now considered the work of his father Michel Erhart and his workshop. Gregor Erhart's participation in some of the figures on the altar is entirely possible.
literature
- Hans Koepf : Hans Multscher and the Ulm sculpture . In: Swabian art history. Volume 3. Thorbecke, Konstanz 1963, pp. 15-20
- Barbara Maier-Lörcher: Masterpieces Ulm Art . Ostfildern 2004. ISBN 3-7995-8004-2
- Gertrud Otto : Erhart, Gregor. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 4, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1959, ISBN 3-428-00185-0 , p. 582 f. ( Digitized version ).
Web links
- Literature by and about Gregor Erhart in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ The figure is said to have once hung from the ceiling surrounded by angels. Photos and other information can be found on the Louvre website (accessed July 7, 2019) and on Wikimedia Commons .
- ↑ Barbara Maier-Lörcher, Masterpieces Ulmer Kunst , Jan Thorbecke Verlag, Ostfildern 2004, ISBN 3-7995-8004-2 , pp. 112-113
- ↑ Illustration and description of the Occo epitaph in the Augsburg cathedral cloister in the German Digital Library
- ↑ Juliane Stelzner: The epitaph Adolph I. Occos in the Augsburg cathedral cloister. (Revised and abridged version of a master’s thesis on obtaining the master’s degree in the art history course at the University of Augsburg in 2013.) . ( academia.edu [accessed December 4, 2019]).
- ^ Alfred Schädler: The Eichstätter Willibald monument and Gregor Erhart . In: Munich Yearbook of Fine Arts . tape 26 , 1975, p. 65-88 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Erhart, Gregor |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German carver |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1465 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ulm |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1540 |
| Place of death | augsburg |