Isaac Riga

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Baptism angel in Sorquitten (1701)

Isaac Riga (* before 1653 in Konigsberg? † interlocutory 1715 and 1720 in .. Koenigsberg i Pr ) was a German carver of High Baroque. Riga's father of the same name is attested as a carpenter in Königsberg from 1653 to 1662 . As a picture carver, the younger one had a large workshop on Steindamm (Königsberg) and later in Kneiphof . He belonged to the congregation of the Königsberg Cathedral and is said to be with Maria geb. Smith have been married. After Abraham van den Blocke, he was the second native of Königsberg to be a sculptor of the Baroque era.

Artistic creation

As the court sculptor of the Duke of Prussia and the King of Prussia , Riga became the most famous wood carver of his time in Königsberg over the course of 40 years. From 1693 to 1696 he created the inventory of the church in Mühlhausen , district of Prussian Holland . Christoph Albrecht von Kalckstein , the father of Christoph Wilhelm von Kalckstein , had Riga carved the baptismal pulpit and the angel with the palm .

For the parish church in Prussian Holland he created the altarpiece in 1687, the pulpit in 1690 and the confessional in 1691; it consists of an open box seat with winding pillars at the corners. The front is decorated with a depiction of Jesus as the Man of Sorrows, the back the homecoming of the prodigal son; there are also carved garlands, angels and the allegorical figures of faith, love, hope and loyalty. For the parish church in Mühlhausen , district of Preussisch Eylau , Riga created an altarpiece with magnificent barriers, a pulpit carried by angels and a baptistery with richly carved tendrils. The invoices were still available in 1945. Accordingly, Riga received 400 thalers, 10 bushels of rye and a fat ox for his work. The two apostle figures of Simon Petrus and Paulus von Tarsus (around 1696) in the parish church in Rößel , originally created for the parish church in Frauenburg, were the work of Isaac Rigas, as was the baroque altar (1697) in the church in Niebudszen near Gumbinnen . For the parish church in Paaris near Rastenburg he created the altar, which was painted by Johann Müller and set up in 1703; this altar was incorporated into the new church in 1843. In the parish church of Mallwischken , today Russian Maiskoe, a richly carved altar from Riga still stood after 1945.

Altars , pulpits and confessional chambers , apostles and angel sculptures can also be assigned to Riga in other churches . The floating baptismal angels from Bladiau , including the two confessionals and an estate in the choir (1700), Johannisburg (1704) and Sorquitten , here also the upper part and the veil of the altar, probably also the crucifix in the Allenstein Church of St. James (1690) are from him ). For the Catholic parish church in Guttstadt he created the baptismal arbor (1685) and four angels at the baptismal table (1690); The sculptures on the altar of the parish church in Liebemühl, 1712–1718, are also partly the work of Riga. I. Riga created the altar for the parish church in Stockheim , today Saizewo (1690, painted in color and gilded after 1700); After the church building was demolished, he was moved to the Stablack church, which was newly built in 1937 . In Königsberg, Riga was the equipment of the Wallenrodtschen library (including bookshelves, banisters) with the animated figure of wisdom (1688-89), the baroque baptistery with the left confessional (1692) in the Altroßgärter church and the crucifix (1676) in the Neurossgärter Thanks to the Church .

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Herbert Meinhard Mühlpfordt : Königsberg from A to Z. A city dictionary . Aufstieg-Verlag, Munich 1972, ISBN 3-7612-0092-7
  2. ↑ Wolfgang Fiedler: Baptism angel in East Prussia. A contribution to the importance of Baroque carving by the Königsberg sculptor Isaac Riga . Königsberger Bürgerbrief, No. 78 (2011), pp. 45–47
personal data
SURNAME Riga, Isaac
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German wood sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH before 1653
DATE OF DEATH between 1715 and 1720
Place of death Königsberg (Prussia)