Hans Haller (goldsmith)
Hans Haller (* around 1505 in Lautrach ; † August 27, 1547 in Augsburg ) was a German goldsmith .
Life
Hans Haller (also Heller) was born in Lautrach around 1505 . He was trained as a goldsmith, was probably also a councilor and was a member of the merchants' room in Augsburg from 1541–1547 . He made himself internationally famous as a goldsmith and creator of crowns and other jewels and works of art. Haller's masterpieces are King Ferdinand's crown , imperial orb and scepter (1533–1534). Nothing is known about the whereabouts of the royal crown, which was delivered by Hans Haller to King Ferdinand, later Emperor Ferdinand I, in 1534, nor is it known whether it has survived. As far as the scepter and apple are concerned, Beket Bukovinská and Lubomír Konecný have tried to identify them with those in the crown treasure of St. Vitus Cathedral in Prague. However, this is a hypothesis because there are no known works by Haller.
Other mentions
The following other sources are available for Hans Haller's work:
- On a small slip of paper attached it says: “Mr. Hans von Silberberg has the clainater inhalt diss inventari overtwurt, outside of two clainater, the ain is ain kandl of diamonds, the other clainat ain pluemen of diamonds, besides A… Queen Anna ( Anna of Böhmen und Hungary ) (1503–1547) confesses, her goldsmith Augsburg, Hans Haller, umb ain clainatl, so we the young graven von Salm for… ”;
- "2998 1526 November 26, Vienna. Queen Anna confesses, her faithful Hans Haller, citizen of Augsburg, her goldsmith, umb all his work, stain, pearl and different, if he pis to date ... CLXXVII person-register to the second part: Haller, Hans, goldsmith to Augsburg, 2906, 2991, 2391, 2995, 1998, 1999. "
- It starts with an essay by Beket Bukovinská and Lubomír Konecný on the imperial orb and the scepter in the crown treasure of St. Vitus Cathedral in Prague (15-38). The authors come to the conclusion that the insignia was probably created for Emperor Ferdinand I between 1532 and 1534 by the Augsburg goldsmith Hans Haller. The apple and scepter, which are now part of the Bohemian crown treasure, were only made by Emperor Ferdinand I in the years 1532–1534. The scepter measures 67 cm and weighs 1013 grams. It is adorned with four sapphires, five spinels and 62 pearls. The apple weighs 780 grams and is 22 cm high. Both hemispheres of the apple are covered with meticulously chased reliefs depicting scenes from the lives of Adam and King David . On the circlet under the cross is the inscription "DOMINE IN VIRTUTE TUA LETABITUR REX ET SUPER SALUTARE TUAN EXULTABIT" ("Lord, the king delights through your power and exults through your help");
- In addition to Nuremberg, Augsburg was the center of goldsmithing in southern Germany. ... So the goldsmith Hans Haller 1530–1532 (sic!) Produced what is probably the most elaborate and expensive reliquary in the entire sanctuary. As far as the scepter and apple are concerned, Beket Bukovinská and Lubomír Konecný have tried to identify them with those in the crown treasure of St. Vitus Cathedral in Prague. However, this is still a hypothesis, as no reliable works by Haller are known;
- “... was crowned Roman-German king. In this context, the fact that this ruler commissioned Emperor Ferdinand I for a crown, an orb and a scepter from the Augsburg goldsmith Hans Haller is interesting. "
family
Hans Haller's parents are not recorded, but Kaspar Haller (Heller) in Augsburg was probably his father.
The following document, dated February 3, 1506, in Salzburg, is worth mentioning in the Augsburg city archives:
“Archbishop Leonhard von Salzburg, governors and councilors confess that they ddo on King Maximilian's letter. Linz January 5, 1506 by Kaspar Haller and Pawchhansen, the city of Augsburg servants, between the Roman royal maj. treasure trove, covered with black leather, each treasure closed and secreted and yet the slos lacking the scars, would have received, in order to convey them on to the king. - Salzburg on the reporting day after Our Dear Frawen day to liechtmess anno domini etc. in the sixth. Orig., Maximilian, 1506 February 4. "
Kaspar Haller was therefore purveyor to the court.
The Augsburg Hallers do not seem to come from the Nuremberg patrician family of the Haller von Hallerstein . In “History of the noble families in the free imperial city of Augsburg”, 1762, with reference to Johann Gottfried Biedermann's gender register of the patriciate in Nuremberg. T. XCIV-CXB, writes Paul von Stetten:
“From this story it is easy to see that very few of these families were in Augsburg. Nobody got there other than Christoph Haller, who was from the Wolf-Haller or Dutch subsidiary line that grew out of the Petrinian line. In 1536 he married A. to Anna, Simon Imhof's daughter of Augsburg. But he gave it up again in 1555, and died in 1581 in Lucern, Switzerland without male heirs. "
Since Nikolaus Haller's sons had no children, Hans Haller's line in the male line was also extinguished. Von Stetten seems to have no knowledge of Hans and Kaspar Haller. Since Johann Gottfried Biedermann received some of his information from the family members who were still alive, a sufficient distinction was not made between tradition and scientific support. In the early days of the sexes, the work is particularly flawed. The purely graphic representation of the family trees, which pretends to be complete, and that it was not necessarily customary to work with omissions or footnotes in the absence of sources, certainly also contributed to the inaccuracy. During the time when Hans Haller was active as a goldsmith and manufactured jewels for King Ferdinand I and Queen Anna , Conrad Haller was (reports Biedermann ) JUD & Ritter, Emperor Charles V and King Ferdinand I as well as the Bishop's Council and Bamberg Austrian Chamber Court Assessor. Sebald Haller was Emperor Charles V's secret secretary. Wolfgang Haller, knight, was the emperor's councilor, regimental councilor and treasurer of Innsbruck . Despite Nikolaus Haller's career and Hans Haller's jobs as a goldsmith at the imperial court, the Lautrach family does not seem to be related to the Nuremberg patriciate family of Hallers.
Hans Haller had been married to Ursula Pfefferl from Augsburg since April 7, 1528 in Augsburg. One son is known: Nikolaus Haller (* November 1539 in Augsburg ; † 1584 ibid), a Fugger factor in Genoa , Milan and in Spain . He was also the Imperial and Bavarian Council. From 1573 to 1584 Nikolaus Haller was a member of the Augsburg merchants' room. Hans Haller from Augsburg, who was enfeoffed with a coat of arms in 1550, could have been a brother of Nikolaus Haller.
literature
- Augsburg Elites of the 16th Century: Prosopography of Economic and Political Leading Groups 1500-1620, edited by Wolfgang Reinhard. Edited by Mark Häberlein, Ulrich Klinkert, Katarina Sieh-Burens and Reinhard Wendt. Academy publishing house. 1996. ISBN 3-05-002861-0
- Studies of European goldsmithing from the 14th to the 20th century. Festschrift for Helmut Seling on his 80th birthday on February 12, 2001, Munich, Renate Eikelmann / Annette Schommers / Lorenz Seelig (eds.): Hirmer 2001, 415 pages, ISBN 978-3-7774-9090-8
- The Augsburg gold and silversmiths 1529-1868. Master. Brands. Works, Helmut Seling, Munich 2007.
- The Scepter and the Crown. Charles IV and Bohemian Royal Coronations, Prague 2016. Ivana Kyzourová / Vít Vlnas,
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Wolfgang Reinhard (Ed.): Augsburg Elites of the 16th Century: Prosopography of Economic and Political Leading Groups 1500-1620 . Edited by Mark Häberlein, Ulrich Klinkert, Katarina Sieh-Burens and Reinhard Wendt. Academy publishing house. 1996. ISBN 3-05-002861-0 , p. 226
- ↑ Crown treasure of St. Vitus Cathedral in Prague
- ↑ Nürnberger Künstlerlexikon: Visual artists, artisans, ...:
- ↑ Yearbook of the Art History Collections in Vienna , Volume 3. A. Holzhausen, 1966
- ↑ Renate Eikelmann, Annette Schommers, Lorenz Seelig (eds.): Studies on European goldsmithing from the 14th to the 20th century
- ↑ Münchner Jahrbuch der Bildenden Kunst - Volume 3; Volume 28 - page 91, Ludwig von Buerkel - 1977
- ^ Coronations: Ludwig the Bavarian and Karl IV .: the 14th century, Mario Kramp, Rathaus zu Aachen, 2000
- ↑ History of the noble families in the free imperial city of Augsburg, described both in terms of their special status and in terms of each individual family and drawn from proven historians and documents by Paul von Stetten, younger . Augsburg, at the expense of Johann Jacob Haid, painter and art publisher, 1762, p. 241.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Haller, Hans |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Heller, Hans; Haller, Johann |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Goldsmith in Augsburg, creator of crown jewels |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1505 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lautrach |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 27, 1547 |
| Place of death | augsburg |