House Grimm 31
The Grimm 31 was a Hamburg merchant's house on the former island Grimm in Hamburg Old Town. The house was built in the first half of the 16th century and bombed in 1943.
The town house was best known for its magnificent wooden beam ceiling from the second half of the 17th century. This was commissioned by the owner at the time, the Kramer Christian Hasenbank. Originally, this ceiling was distributed over several rooms on the upper floor of the merchant's house. The ceiling came from a donation from the house owner at the time, J. Hansen, to the Museum of Hamburg History . In accordance with Fritz Schumacher's concept of architectural fragments, it has been put together and installed in the so-called merchant's hall since 1922 , together with other representative furnishings from Hamburg merchants' houses, including from Deichstrasse 53 . There are also some photos and drawings of the house.
The painting of the ceiling is a characteristic example of the baroque decorative painting and room painting in Hamburg. The painting is on pine boards, 151 of which are still preserved today. In the merchant's hall of the Hamburg Museum, these are supplemented by 17 reconstructed transverse beams and 68 additional boards. The motifs come from the decorative painting of the Baroque . In addition to roughly drawn tendrils, putti and other figures can be seen in playful and rough actions. Various jokes can be found within the painting: One motif shows Cain and Abel and thus refers to an old Hamburg saying that “Im Grimm” is the oldest street in the world. Because according to the Bible, Cain slew Abel "in anger".
The portal of the house from 1691 fits into the surroundings of the houses in Grimm and Cremon . As with the other houses from the second half of the 17th century, the portal and window were almost equally important elements of the facade design. The portal itself was decorated with vegetable motifs and an angel's head. The mermaids who also adorned the portal were probably the only ones of their kind in all of Hamburg.
Remarks
- ^ Hermann Heckmann: Baroque and Rococo in Hamburg . German Verl.-Anst., Stuttgart 1990, ISBN 3-421-02983-0 , pp. 51 .
literature
- Ceiling and wall decoration in Hamburg from baroque to classicism . In: Jörgen Bracker , Gisela Jaacks (Hrsg.): Hamburg portrait . No. 28 . Museum of Hamburg History, 1997.
Coordinates: 53 ° 32 ′ 46.6 " N , 9 ° 59 ′ 36.5" E