Heinrich Bunsen

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Heinrich Bunsen from Adorf in Waldeck (no surviving dates of life) was a German mold cutter and caster of the 16th century .

Artistic classification

Bunsen is mentioned in a document from around 1550 to 1579. He was one of the most famous model makers for ovens of his time. Bunsen was a student of Philipp Soldan , with whom he also designed some stoves together. In the following years, Bunsen not only copied his master, but also developed his own design concept and artistic design.

Works (selection)

  • Good Samaritan, around 1558
  • Adoration of the Magi (cast iron stove plate), spout of a mold created by Philipp Soldan around 1575 with expansion by two figures by Heinrich Bunsen, Köpenick Castle Museum of Applied Arts
  • Cast iron furnace from Grebenstein town hall , 1579.

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  • Karl Schäfer: History of the iron industry in the former county of Waldeck in the 16th and 17th centuries , Korbach 1977.
  • Martin Rudolph: Waldecker iron casting. Old grave tablets and oven plates , in: Geschichtsblätter für Waldeck, 61st Volume, 1969/70, pp. 5-45

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ s. Keyword Heinrich Bunsen, entry in the picture index of art and architecture Marburg.
  2. ↑ Mila Schrader: Cast iron ovens and cookers. History, technology, fascination. Suderburg-Hösseringen 2001, p. 20 ( PDF ( Memento of the original from March 17, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this note. ) . @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.anderweit.de
  3. ↑ Mainfränkisches Jahrbuch für Geschichte und Kunst 38–39 (1986), p. 80.
  4. ↑ Braunschweigisches Jahrbuch 60-62 (1979), p. 81.
personal data
SURNAME Bunsen, Heinrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German form cutter and art caster
DATE OF BIRTH 16th Century
DATE OF DEATH 16th century or 17th century