Hans Zürn the Younger
Hans Zürn the Younger (* around 1585 in Waldsee (?); † after 1624 in Buchhorn ) was a German sculptor .
Live and act
Hans Zürn the Younger came from the famous Upper Swabian artist and sculptor family Zürn . His father was Hans Zürn the elder . From 1613 to 1622 he worked as a master in Buchhorn.
Possibly he is identical with the master Hans from Waldsee.
His most important works include the figures and reliefs of a Marian altar and the rosary medallions in Wangen im Allgäu , a Pieta in the parish church of Deuchelried and a Madonna in Kisslegg . He also created a votive tablet donated by Pastor Urban Lidel in the Holy Cross Chapel in Brochenzell ( Meckenbeuren ) in 1622 .
literature
- Claus Zoege von Manteuffel : The sculptor family Zürn 1606 - 1666 , 2 volumes, Konrad, Weißenhorn 1969, DNB 458734705 (Habilitation TU Berlin [1969], volume 1: 317 pages (with a contribution by Peter von Bomhard ), volume 2: picture panels and Catalog of works , 518 pages).
- Gisbert Hoffmann . Chapels in Tettnang and Meckenbeuren. (= Heimat -zeichen. Volume 5) Edited by the support group Heimatkunde Tettnang. Langenargen / Tettnang 2004, ISBN 3-00-013294-5 , p. 227.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Claus Zoege von Manteuffel: The sculptor family Zürn. Volume 1. Konrad, Weissenhorn 1969, p. 66. 69.
Web links
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Zürn, Hans the Younger |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German sculptor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1585 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | uncertain: forest lake |
| DATE OF DEATH | after 1624 |
| Place of death | Buchhorn |