Hans Freese (sculptor)

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Hans Freese (* before 1690 probably in Lübeck ; † after 1710) was a sculptor and carver who worked in Lübeck in the first quarter of the 18th century.

Epitaph Kerkring (1707)

Life

Not much is known about Freese's personal circumstances. His first job is detected in the course of the renovation of the by Benedict Dreyer created organ prospectus of the Marienkirche in Lübeck under the mayor and churchwardens Anton Winckler , which he shared with the church painter Anton Wortmann performed. The two hovering angels on the organ of the Marienkirche from 1705 have not survived; they burned with the organ after the air raid on Lübeck in March 1942 . The epitaph from 1707 for the Lübeck mayor Gotthard Kerkring has been preserved . In 1708 Freese made the baroque pulpit for the Lübeck Aegidienkirche based on a design by Karl Krieg , which was created with funds from the foundation of the Lübeck merchant Lorenz Russe († 1584). He was also involved in the baroque design of the baptismal font in Aegidien, according to the municipality's account books in 1710.

Until 1707 Freese also created marble busts (Duchess Friedrike Amalie, Duke Christian Albrecht and Duke Friedrich IV.) For the upper princely vault of the Gottorf dukes in Schleswig Cathedral .

literature

  • Johannes Baltzer , Friedrich Bruns : The architectural and art monuments of the Free and Hanseatic City of Lübeck. Issued by the building authorities. Volume III: Church of Old Lübeck. Dom. Jakobikirche. Aegidia Church. Verlag von Bernhard Nöhring, Lübeck 1920, p. 492 ff., P. 510 f. Unchanged reprint 2001, ISBN 3-89557-167-9 .
  • Gustav Schaumann , Friedrich Bruns (editor): The architectural and art monuments of the Free and Hanseatic City of Lübeck. Edited by the building deputation. Volume 2, part 2: The Marienkirche. Nöhring, Lübeck 1906, p. 244 ff., P. 376 ff. (Epitaph)
  • Freese (Frese), Hans . In: Ulrich Thieme (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists from Antiquity to the Present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 12 : Fiori-Fyt . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1916, p. 409 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
  • Uwe Albrecht (ed.): Corpus of medieval wood sculpture and panel painting in Schleswig-Holstein. Volume 2: Hanseatic City of Lübeck. The works in the urban area. Ludwig, Kiel 2012, pp. 588–594 (p. 589) No. * 28.

Web links

Commons : Hans Freese (sculptor)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Hartwig Beseler: Art-Topography Schleswig-Holstein. Neumünster 1974, p. 701 f.
personal data
SURNAME Freese, Hans
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Lübeck sculptor and baroque carver
DATE OF BIRTH before 1690
PLACE OF BIRTH Lübeck
DATE OF DEATH after 1710
Place of death Lübeck