Hanns Peurlin the Middle

Hanns Peurlin the Middle , also: Hans Beierlein, John Peurlin, Hanns Peurlin the Middle (* around 1440 in Augsburg ?; † around 1507 ? In Augsburg) was a sculptor at the transition from late Gothic and Renaissance and has in Augsburg a specialized workshop for high-ranking marble epitaphs operated.

Life

Hanns Peurlin the Middle was the son of a father of the same name, who is called the elder to differentiate himself, and ran a sculptor's workshop in Augsburg. The first work can be traced back to 1483, and he should have died soon after 1507.

Works (selection)

• Tomb for the Passau bishop Friedrich Mauerkircher († 1485) in the parish church of Braunau am Inn .
• Tomb for Bishop Friedrich II of Zollern in Augsburg Cathedral .
• Tomb for the Chiemsee bishop Georg Altdorfer in the Altdorf chapel of the Landshut St. Martin's Church (around 1495).
• Tomb for Bishop Wilhelm von Reichenau in Eichstätt Cathedral .

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  Stadtpfarrkirche Braunau, epitaph for Friedrich Mauerkircher († 1485), Bishop of Passau

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  Augsburg, cathedral, cloister, west wing, 2nd yoke, grave slab for Wilhelm Peuscher († January 23, 1500)

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  Augsburg, cathedral, cloister, north wing, 6th yoke, epitaph for Ulrich von Frundsberg († 1493), bishop of Trient

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  Eichstätt, cathedral, Willibaldschor, south wall, epitaph for Wilhelm von Reichenau († 1496), bishop of Eichstätt

Individual evidence

1. ^ Franz Niehoff; Max Tewes: Cat.-No. 54, epitaph of Dr. Georg Altdorfer. In: Franz Niehoff (Ed.): Before Leinberger. Landshut sculpture in the age of the rich dukes 1393–1503. Landshut 2001, pp. 404-407, ISBN 978-3924943271 .

literature

• Norbert Loidol: The red marble epitaph of Dr. Friedrich Mauerkircher in Braunau. A creation by the Augsburg sculptor Hans Peurlin [Bei (e) rlin] of the Middle . In: Mitteilungen des Institut für Österreichische Geschichtsforschung 113 (2005), H. 1–2, pp. 135–153.
• Philipp Maria Halm: Hans Beierlein. In: Munich Yearbook of Fine Arts. Vol. 6 (1911), pp. 27-60.
• Volker Liedke: The Augsburg Sepulchral Sculpture of the Late Gothic. Part 3. On the life and work of the carver Hanns Peurlin the Middle, the master of bishop's grave monuments in Augsburg, Eichstätt and Freising. Munich 1987.

Web links

Commons : Hanns Peurlin the Middle  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Literature by and about Hanns Peurlin the Middle in the catalog of the German National Library