Hans Reinhart the Elder

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Trinity medal with fire-gilded obverse (Leipzig 1544), exhibited in Trier Cathedral (cathedral treasure)
Trinity Medal (1544)

Hans Reinhart the Elder (* around 1510 presumably in Dresden or Torgau or Wittenberg ; † January 25, 1581 in Leipzig ) was a German medalist and goldsmith .

The work of Hans Reinhart the Elder is documented from 1535 to 1581. He initially worked as a cabinet maker in Halle. In 1535 he provided the templates for the portrait medallions made by Paul Speck on the main portal of the Great Wendelstein in the new electoral Saxon residential palace of Hartenfels in Torgau .

In 1539 he became a citizen of Leipzig and in 1547 was admitted to the Leipzig goldsmiths' association.

His medals are partly put together from the individually worked front and back sides. A masterpiece of goldsmithing is Reinhart's large Trinity medal from 1544, in which the individual parts of the relief are specially worked and soldered on. At the bottom of the crucifix's sides, the artist's signature H – R is deepened. The also called Moritz-penny silver medal "goes back to an order of the Elector Moritz von Sachsen back who tried to mediate between Protestants and Catholics." She puts on the recto side represents the Holy Trinity and points to the reverse one of two on clouds Latin inscription held by standing winged angels.

literature

Commons : Hans Reinhardt  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files
  • Gustav Wustmann : The Leipzig goldsmith Hans Reinhart d. Ä. ud J. In: From Leipzig's past. Collected Essays, 1885, pp. 135–160.
  • Hyacinth Holland :  Reinhart, Hans . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 28, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1889, p. 71 f.
  • Hermann Maué: Medals on Albrecht von Brandenburg . In: Continuity and caesura - Ernst von Wettin and Albrecht von Brandenburg. Göttingen 2005.
  • Kathrin Meukow: Hans Reinhart. The emergence of a new cabaret at the beginning of the 16th century . Unpublished Masters thesis Halle, 2009.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ L. Forrer: Biographical Dictionary of Medallists . Reinhard, Hans in: Volume V. Spink & Son Ltd, London 1912, p. 76 ff .
  2. ^ L. Forrer: Biographical Dictionary of Medallists . Reinhard, Hans in: Volume VIII. Spink & Son Ltd, London 1930, p. 155 f .
  3. ↑ Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung from December 6, 2009, p. 65.
  4. ↑ Morton & Enders auction catalog, London, 2009
personal data
SURNAME Reinhart, Hans the Elder
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Medalist
DATE OF BIRTH around 1510
PLACE OF BIRTH uncertain: Dresden or Torgau
DATE OF DEATH January 25, 1581
Place of death Leipzig