Hans van Steenwinckel the Elder
Hans van Steenwinckel the Elder, also Hans van Emden (* approx. 1545 or 1550 in Antwerp ; † May 10, 1601 in Halmstad ) was a Flemish builder and sculptor who served as a royal builder in the Danish service. He came from the Flemish artist family Steenwinckel , who worked in Denmark in the 16th and 17th centuries. Both his son Hans II and grandson Hans III. were also royal builders in Denmark.
Life
Van Steenwinckel learned from his father Laurenz van Steenwinckel (1517–1585) in Flanders and Emden , where his father became a city architect and built the Emden town hall . His mother was Alyt (nee van Dale). In 1574, Steenwinckel is documented in connection with an invoice for the town hall building in Emden. Since the spring of 1578 he has been recorded in Denmark, where he was involved in the renovation of Kronborg Castle . Here his connection to the astronomer Tycho Brahe arose , who promoted him and introduced him to the developments of architecture in Italy. For Tycho Brahe, Steenwinckel built his buildings on the island of Hven in the Öresund , such as the Uraniborg observation castle and the Stjerneborg observatory . In 1582 he was appointed Royal Master Builder, in 1588 Danish Imperial Master Builder. Steenwinckel built numerous fortresses in Norway ( Akershus ), Bohuslän and Halland . He ran his sculpting workshop with his sons in Varberg . The expansion of the fortress Varberg was continued by his son Hans. His tombstone from his own workshop is in the vestibule of the church in Halmstadt.
He was married to Inger (nee Pedersdatter, † after 1630).
Other works
- Orebygaard Castle
- the church in Slangerup
- the tower on the otherwise medieval Helligåndskirken
literature
- Carl Frederik Bricka: v. Steenwinckel, Hans . In: Carl Frederik Bricka (Ed.): Dansk biografisk Lexikon. Tillige omfattende Norge for Tidsrummet 1537-1814. 1st edition. tape 16 : Skarpenberg – Sveistrup . Gyldendalske Boghandels Forlag, Copenhagen 1902, p. 345 (Danish, runeberg.org ).
- Philip Weilbach : Steenwinkel, Hans S. 1. Johannes de Embde . In: Theodor Westrin, Ruben Gustafsson Berg, Eugen Fahlstedt (eds.): Nordisk familjebok konversationslexikon och realencyklopedi . 2nd Edition. tape 26 : Slöke – Stockholm . Nordisk familjeboks förlag, Stockholm 1917, Sp. 1154 (Swedish, runeberg.org - in the family article ).
- Chr. A. Jensen: Steenwinckel, (1) Hans van, den Ældre . In: Johannes Brøndum-Nielsen, Palle Raunkjær (ed.): Salmonsens Konversationsleksikon . 2nd Edition. tape 22 : Speculation – Søøre . JH Schultz Forlag, Copenhagen 1927, p. 208 (Danish, runeberg.org - in the family article ).
- Torsten Allgulin: Hans van Steenwinkel the Elder Ä. Study in the Västeuropeiska Renässansarkitekturen. Uppsala Universitets Årsskrift 1932, Uppsala 1932.
- Steenwinkel, Hans van (1) . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 31 : Siemering – Stephens . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1937.
- Lars Rostrup Bøyesen: van Steenwinckel, Hans (I) . In: Povl Engelstoft, Svend Dahl: (Ed.): Dansk biografisk leksikon . Founded by Carl Frederik Bricka . 2nd Edition. tape 22 : Siemonsen cloth rain . JH Schultz, Copenhagen 1942, p. 484–488 (Danish, rosekamp.dk [PDF]).
Web links
- Hugo Johannsen: Hans I van Steenwinckel. Kunstindeks Danmark
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Steenwinckel, Hans van, the elder |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hans von Emden; Steenwinkel, Hans van; Embde, Johannes de |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Flemish builder and sculptor, who served as Royal Builder in the Danish service |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1545 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Antwerp |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 10, 1601 |
| Place of death | Halmstad |