Hans Dirmstein
Hans Dirmstein (* around 1435 in Frankfurt am Main ; † 1494 there ) is an outstanding goldsmith and also worked as a draftsman.
Life
The Dirmstein family, probably named after their homonymous Palatinate hometown , had been in Frankfurt since the middle of the 14th century. The long tradition in goldsmithing is first guaranteed in writing to the founders, Heinrich Kistner von Dirmstein and his brother Peter, in the 1380s. Her father was a shopkeeper, but had married a daughter of Johan Erenberg zu Sonnenberg , who was one of the first ever verifiable goldsmiths in Frankfurt. It is unclear whether his sons came to their profession through him, but it is obvious.
In 1459 Hans, the grandson of the progenitor Heinrich, was mentioned as an assistant in the workshop of his father Peter Dirmstein and in 1462 he took the Frankfurt citizen oath . He married Guda von Rumpenheim , the daughter of the knightly Reinhard von Rumpenheim , who brought the house of Groß-Laubenberg on Frankfurt's Römerberg as a dowry into the marriage. The marriage was initially unhappy, his wife ran away and the city council had to intervene to restore marital peace.
With the great inheritance that he received after the death of his in-laws, Dirmstein set up a foundation for the poor. In 1483 he became a member of the patrician society "Frauenstein" . Dirmstein died in 1494 and was buried as a brother of the Society of Adventurers St. Nikolai in the barefoot monastery .
plant
The Petrus reliquary signed by Dirmstein in Aschaffenburg testifies to his mastery in goldsmithing and is counted among the most outstanding goldsmith's work of the late Middle Ages. The book he illustrated and probably also written by him on the basis of a well-known text, The Seven Wise Masters (Ms. germ. Qu. 12) was published in 1471, and in 1479 the book Salman and Morolf (Ms. germ. Qu. 13, both today Johann Christian Senckenberg University Library, Frankfurt am Main). In 1483 Dirmstein was the artistic director of the "Schoppe", an artistically designed porch / portico for the Frankfurt Römer . He appeared as the creator of the decoration and designed the model for the Zierrat.
References and comments
literature
- Robert Diehl: Dirmstein, Hans. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 3, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1957, ISBN 3-428-00184-2 , p. 741 ( digitized version ).
- Hellmuth Helwig: The German bookbinding trade. Craft and cultural history . Hiersemann, Stuttgart 1962–1965
- Alfred Karnein: Salman and Morolf . Niemeyer, Tübingen 1979
- Hubert Schiel: The Frankfurt Dirmstein manuscripts (The seven wise masters / Salomon and Morolf) . City Library, Frankfurt am Main 1938
- Walther Karl Zülch: Frankfurt artist 1223–1700 . Diesterweg, Frankfurt am Main 1935, pp. 172–177
Web links
- Manuscript description of The Seven Wise Masters
- Digital copy of the manuscript Ms. germ. Qu. 12 The seven wise masters
- Manuscript description by Salman and Morolf
- Digital copy of the manuscript Ms. germ. Qu. 13 Salman and Morolf
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Dirmstein, Hans |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German goldsmith and draftsman |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1435 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Frankfurt am Main |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1494 |
| Place of death | Frankfurt am Main |