Hans Hujuff († 1536)

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Golden chalice, a work by Hans Hujuff I before 1513, today in Uppsala (Aschaffenburg Heiltumsbuch)

Hans Hujuff (I.) (* around 1470 in Bohemia ; † 1536 in Halle an der Saale ) was a goldsmith and illuminator .

Life

Hans Hujuff came from Bohemia. The spelling of his last name varies; the earliest evidence of Hans Huiuff can be found in 1496 in the city register of the city of Halle. Between 1492 and 1517 he made goldsmith's work as court goldsmith for the Magdeburg Archbishops Ernst II of Saxony and Albrecht of Brandenburg . In his handwritten testament, Ernst II of Saxony recorded some works by his goldsmith, "called Hans Huauff" in 1505: a portrait of St. Mary Magdalene , 5 plenaries , 5 silver crosses and a silver reliquary coffin. Then the sources remain silent until Albrecht von Brandenburg mentioned his goldsmith "Hansen Hueff" in a letter to Count Botho von Stolberg on February 6, 1517, who received the order for a reliquary.

In Halle, Hans Hujuff went through the municipal office career, became a councilor in 1496 and is also documented as Bornmeister .

plant

Hujuff is of particular importance due to the fact that he made true-to-scale illustrations for the Aschaffenburg healing book ( Liber ostensionis , 1536) commissioned by Albrecht . Since, as a result of the Wittenberg Reformation, there were no more healing shows, the precious parchment ribbon was only used for the private devotion of Albrecht of Brandenburg. With his illumination, Hujuff created an important source for the history of goldsmithing .

Of the works of art that Archbishop Ernst mentions in his will in 1505 and that are encountered again as illustrations in 1526, the half-figure reliquary of Maria Magdalena, mentioned in the first place, has the highest artistic rank according to Max Sauerlandt . Work was in progress in 1505, was completed in 1513 while the archbishop was still alive and bore his coat of arms.

One of Hujuff's own works has been preserved in the Victoria and Albert Museum . A Hujuff goblet, which is shown in the healing book, was given to Magdeburg Cathedral in 1541 , was owned by Queen Christine of Sweden in 1632 and was given by her to Uppsala Cathedral , where it has been since then. The comparison of the original in Uppsala with the representation in the Heiltumsbuch shows the precision with which Hujuff produced his illustrations.

family

Hans Hujuff (I.) is the progenitor of the Hujuff bourgeois family in Halle. Children known by name are:

  • Magdalena, married to Ludwig Francken.
  • Anna, married to Nicolaus Dietz zu Merseburg.
  • Ottilia, nun in St. Georg, Glaucha.
  • Barbara, nun in St. Georg, Glaucha.
  • Andreas ( senior ), Bornschreiber zu Halle, received a wedding present from Archbishop Ernst in 1530. His son Andreas ( junior ) was also a Bornschreiber. Several children are known from his marriage to Judith in 1576.
  • Hans (II.) Citizen of Zurich. Goldsmith; belonged 1524/25 to the Anabaptist circle around Konrad Grebel .
  • Blasius.
  • Thomas.
  • Wolff.

literature

  • Karl Simon: The Zurich Anabaptists and the court goldsmith Cardinal Albrechts . Volume VI / 1 of the Zwingliana magazine . Contributions to the history of Protestantism in Switzerland and its radiation (Ed .: Zwingliverein in cooperation with the Institute for Swiss Reformation History ). Zurich 1934. pp. 50–54 ( PDF-online )
  • Max Sauerlandt: Hans Huauf, the goldsmith from Halle . In: Yearbook for art collectors, volume. 2 (1922), pp. 13-22. ( PDF-online )
  • Berthold Roland : Albrecht of Brandenburg. Elector - Arch Chancellor - Cardinal (1495–1545). For the 500th birthday of a German Renaissance prince . Philipp von Zabern 1990.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Max Sauerlandt: Hans Huauf, the goldsmith from Halle , 1922, p. 15
  2. ↑ Max Sauerlandt: Hans Huauf, the goldsmith from Halle , 1922, p. 16
  3. ↑ Max Sauerlandt: Hans Huauf, the goldsmith from Halle , 1922, p. 17
  4. ^ Ulrich Bubenheimer: Thomas Müntzer, Origin and Education . Brill, Leiden et al. 1989, p. 30 f.
  5. ^ Aschaffenburg Court Library , Parchment Codex Ms. 14.
  6. ↑ Max Sauerlandt: Hans Huauf, the goldsmith from Halle , 1922, p. 20
  7. ^ Karl Simon: The Zurich Anabaptists and the court goldsmith Cardinal Albrechts . In: Zwingliana 6 (1934), pp. 50–54, here p. 52.
  8. ^ Markus Leo Mock: Art under Archbishop Ernst von Magdeburg , Lukas Verlag 2007, p. 229.
  9. ↑ a b Gender register of the Hujuffe . In: Ch. Von Dreyhaupt: Genealogical tables or gender registers… of the most distinguished… gender of Halle , Halle 1750, p. 67.
personal data
SURNAME Hujuff, Hans
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hujuff, Hans I.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Goldsmith and illuminator
DATE OF BIRTH around 1470
PLACE OF BIRTH Bohemia
DATE OF DEATH 1536
Place of death Halle on the Saale