Hieronymus Hassenberg

Hieronymus Jakob Hassenberg (* around 1685; † 1743 in Lübeck ; founded January 7th in Lübeck Cathedral ) was a North German baroque sculptor.

Life

Hassenberg was before his activity in Lübeck around 1704 court sculptor of Duke Hans Adolf of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Plön (1634-1704) in Plön . From 1714 until his death in Lübeck, he worked in Lübeck and created high altars , pulpits and epitaphs , which were based on the art forms of the baroque prescribed by Thomas Quellinus with the Fredenhagen altar in the Marienkirche . He lived in Lübeck am Klingenberg in the "White Swan" and signed "HIHS FECIT" next to "Hassenberg fecit".

Works

Altar of St. George's Church in Genin

In Lübeck
Hassenberg created the epitaph of Lübeck's mayor Thomas von Wickede († 1716) in the Aegidienkirche , the high altar in the Jakobikirche (1717) donated by the mayor Hermann Rodde , whose bust is on the altar. Various decorative elements of the funerary chapels and tombs in Lübeck Cathedral , such as the portal of the burial chapel of the Prince-Bishops of Lübeck and the tomb for the canon Heinrich von Focke (1673-1730). In 1723 he carved the altar of the St. Lorenz Church in Travemünde .

In the Lübeck area
Here works by Hassenberg can be found mainly in the chapter villages of the Lübeck bishopric (ie the property of the Lübeck cathedral chapter ). This is how the altar of St. George's Church in Genin and the pulpit altar in the Hamberge village church in 1722 were made in Hassenberg's workshop.

In Mecklenburg the
altar and pulpit of St. Thomas Church in Damshagen (1724).

literature

Hassenberg, Hieronymus . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 16 : Hansen – Heubach . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1923, p. 113 .

Web links

Commons : Hieronymus Hassenberg - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

^ Johannes Biernatzki: Hassenberg, Hieronymus Jacob . In: Richard Haupt (ed.): The buildings and art monuments of the province of Schleswig-Holstein . E. Homann, Kiel 1887, overview of the masters, p. 12 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
↑ Hassenberg is sometimes referred to as a student of Quellinus.
↑ Joh. Baltzer, F. Bruns (Ed.): The architectural and art monuments of the Free and Hanseatic City of Lübeck . tape 3 : Church of Alt-Lübeck, cathedral, Jakobikirche, Agidienkirche. Bernhard Nöhring, Lübeck 1920, p. 342–343 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
^ F. Schlie: The art and history monuments of the Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin . tape 2 : The district court districts of Wismar, Grevesmühlen, Rehna, Gadebusch and Schwerin . Bärensprung, Schwerin 1898, p. 359 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).

personal data
SURNAME	Hassenberg, Hieronymus
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Hassenberg, Hieronymus Jakob
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	North German baroque sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH	around 1685
DATE OF DEATH	1743
Place of death	Lübeck

[1] Johannes Biernatzki: Hassenberg, Hieronymus Jacob . In: Richard Haupt (ed.): The buildings and art monuments of the province of Schleswig-Holstein . E. Homann, Kiel 1887, overview of the masters, p. 12 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).

[2] Hassenberg is sometimes referred to as a student of Quellinus.

[3] Joh. Baltzer, F. Bruns (Ed.): The architectural and art monuments of the Free and Hanseatic City of Lübeck . tape 3 : Church of Alt-Lübeck, cathedral, Jakobikirche, Agidienkirche. Bernhard Nöhring, Lübeck 1920, p. 342–343 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).

[4] F. Schlie: The art and history monuments of the Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin . tape 2 : The district court districts of Wismar, Grevesmühlen, Rehna, Gadebusch and Schwerin . Bärensprung, Schwerin 1898, p. 359 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).