Hans Reichle

Figures from the series of the emperors at the Hofburg in Bressanone: left Count Sigopert and right Duke Ernst the Iron

Hans Reichle (* approx. 1565–70 in Schongau ; † March 22 – August 27, 1642 in Brixen ) was a South German and Tyrolean sculptor and architect . His father was the sculptor Paul Reichle. He was a student of Giambologna in Florence between 1588 and 1595, where he was called "Anzireccelle". In a list of assistants from 1591 he was named Giovanni Tedesco in the first place. In 1586 he was in the workshop of Hubert Gerhard in Munich. For a long time he ran a sculpture workshop in Brixen. He married Emma Mulletin from Brixen and lived in Brixen from 1607, where he also worked as an engineer and architect.

Works (selection)

• 1599 for the inner courtyard of the Hofburg in Bressanone 44 terracotta figures that were supposed to present the family tree of the Habsburgs - there are currently 24 in the inner courtyard, 8 in the passage through the south wing of the Hofburg in Brixen, 2 in the Tyrolean State Museum Ferdinandeum in Innsbruck and one in the Maximilian Museum in Augsburg to see.
• The relief of the Nativity on the left wing of the portal of the Cathedral of Pisa 1601.
• Trostburg near Waidbruck , the sculpture tabernacle of H. Antonius Abbas in the chapel 1603/04 is presumably attributed to the Brixen employee Reichles Giovanni de Quadria .
• Parish church Klausen crucifix and entombment.
• Parish Church of Bruneck the so-called "Kempterische Epitaph" in the entrance hall on the left column is a bronze relief in the Renaissance style is attributed to Hans Reichle (1620).
• In Augsburg in front of the armory and the cross altar in St. Ulrich and Afra, design of the figures of the Mercury and Hercules fountain, which Wolfgang Neidhardt created in collaboration with the sculptor Adriaen de Vries .
• In the Augsburg armory above the mighty portal on the east side there is an impressive bronze group by the sculptor Reichle, cast by Wolfgang Neidhardt . It shows the Archangel St. Michael fighting against Satan , a motif that can also be found in the Turamichele in Augsburg .
• In Augsburg in the basilica St. Ulrich and Afra in the central nave crucifixion group modeled by Reichle and cast by Wolfgang Neidhardt . The bronze scene with Christ on the cross, Mary Magdalene, Mary and the apostle John at the foot of the cross was erected in 1605.
• The Magdalena sculpture (1594/95) in the Jesuit Church of St. Michael in Munich
• In Florence in the Basilica di Santa Croce the sculpture Figura femminile (?) (Late 16th / early 17th century)
• 1625 Collaboration in the planning of the Fischburg in Val Gardena .

bibliography

• Thomas P. Bruhn: Hans Reichle (1565/70 - 1642): a reassessment of his sculpture . Dissertation University of Pennsylvania 1981.
• Volker Krahn: Beautiful on all sides. Renaissance and Baroque bronzes. Wilhelm von Bode on his 150th birthday . Sculpture Collection State Museums in Berlin, Prussian Cultural Heritage. Offenbach, Edition Volker Huber, 1995.
• In the beginning there was the eye. Art history conference on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the Diocesan Museum Hofburg Brixen . Essay by Franz Matsche: Hans Reichle's cycle of statues from the Habsburg family tree in the prince-bishop's Hofburg in Brixen (1596-1601) pp. 180–243. Publications of the Hofburg Brixen, Volume 2. Edited by Leo Andergassen, Hofburg Brixen 2004, ISBN 88-88570-04-7
• Giovanni Pratesi (a cura di): Repertorio della scultura fiorentina del Cinquecento . Società Editrice Umberto Allemandi & C, Torino. ISBN 88-422-1112-5 .
• Leo Andergassen : The sculptor Hans Reichle and the altar building . In Renaissance altars and epitaphs in Tyrol p. 213. Schlern-Schriften 325 Universitätsverlag Wagner, Innsbruck 2007. ISBN 978-3-7030-0417-9 .
• Dorothea Diemer:  Reichle, Hans. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 21, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 2003, ISBN 3-428-11202-4 , p. 315 f. ( Digitized version ).

The clay figures of Hans Reichle in the Prince-Bishop's Hofburg in Brixen

The Fischburg in Val Gardena planned by Reichle around 1625

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  The clay figures of Hans Reichle in the Prince-Bishop's Hofburg in Brixen, south side of the inner courtyard

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  Clay figure from the series of the emperors at the Hofburg in Brixen: King Childebert

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  Clay figure from the series of the emperors at the Hofburg in Brixen: Count Rother

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  Entombment of Christ by Hans Reichle in the parish church of Klausen in South Tyrol

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