Hans Springinklee

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Hans Springinklee (* between 1490 and 1495 in Nuremberg ; † around 1540 ) was a Nuremberg painter and graphic artist who is known for his woodcuts . He is considered a student and employee of Albrecht Dürer .

Life

There are few testimonies from Hans Springinklee's life. Neither his exact date of birth nor death are known, so that one can only speculate that he saw the light of day between 1490 and 1495 in Nuremberg and died after 1524 - at the latest around 1540. The first written mention of his name dates back to 1520: In a resolution by the Nuremberg Council, he was given the task of beautifying the rooms of the Imperial Castle in preparation for a visit by Charles V. In 1547 the scribe Johann Neudörffer the Elder reported that Springinklee lived in Dürer's house and learned his trade there. The first woodcuts come from the year 1512 or 1513; after 1524, however, there is no evidence of Springinklee. Presumably he left Nuremberg during this time; on September 10, 1527 his two daughters whom he had left behind were mentioned; Three years ago they had been placed in the care of a flour weigher, and the painter's father, Jörg Springinklee, a gürtler, paid him three guilders for maintenance. The name of the painter is not found in church registers, but the astronomer Johann Gabriel Doppelmayr speaks in 1730 that Springinklee lived in Nuremberg until 1540.

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Standing Man of Sorrows, ca.1514

As a collaborator of Dürer, Springinklee was significantly involved in the creation of some woodcuts in honor of Emperor Maximilian I , with which he had entrusted the Nuremberg master (including the gate of honor for Emperor Maximilian I ). Springinklee's work cannot be clearly delineated, however; he probably transferred Dürer's preliminary drawings to the wooden stick that was then used for printing ( this activity is called tearing ). A first sheet with his monogram (HSK) is Das Wunder der Heilige Wilgeffortis from 1513. A woodcut with the title Kaiser Maximilian honors the memory of the forefathers comes from the same year , it is in the so-called Weiß Kunig , a magnificently decorated biography Maximilian I.

From 1516 Springinklee emerged primarily as an illustrator of Bibles published by Anton Kobergers . He also prints several editions of the devotional book Hortulus animae (German soul garden ), for which a total of over 100 woodcuts are created. Mainly Old Testament motifs such as St. Jerome (1520) or the birth of Eve (1521) bear Springinklees initials.

For a long time, a woodcut from 1522 with the title Abundantia (also known as the Bacchante ) was considered to be the last work that could clearly be assigned to the Dürer student. But he is probably also the author of an evangelical confessional image dating from 1524 in the parish church of Roßtal .

Art historians emphasize Springinklee's fine hatching and - as a decisive characteristic - relatively coarse shades that blur lines of flight. It was only with his late work that he was able to emancipate himself from the complicated details of Dürer's style.

Painting
Springinklee is relatively unknown as a painter. In the vicinity of Nuremberg, however, some altarpieces and paintings in churches come from his hand. B. the Gothic winged altar of the Peter and Paul Church in Poppenreuth ( Saint Laurentius and Saint Stephanus are the motifs). In the Kunstmuseum Basel there is a drawing from 1514, a man of sorrows (brush in white on dark brown colored background). In addition, some Springinklees frescoes have been preserved on the Nuremberg Imperial Castle.

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SURNAME Springinklee, Hans
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Springinclee, Hans
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German painter and graphic artist
DATE OF BIRTH around 1490
PLACE OF BIRTH Nuremberg
DATE OF DEATH around 1540
Place of death Nuremberg