Jörg Syrlin (the younger)

The prophet Amos , detail from the choir stalls of the Blaubeuren monastery, 1493

Jörg Syrlin the Younger (* 1455 in Ulm , † 1521 ), also Sürlin , Sewrlin or Seurling , was a German sculptor and 1483-1516 guild master of carpenters in Ulm. He is the son of Jörg Syrlin the elder and, like him, belongs to the Ulm school .

Life

Syrlin bought a house in 1491 and was first called "Meister" in 1493. In 1516 he was banished from Ulm for five years for inciting a riot; In 1517 he was pardoned by the city council. He had a large workshop in Ulm and in 1523 still lived in his house on Platzgasse.

After his annuity was rejected by the city of Ulm, he is said to have left Ulm by moving to Vienna. He returned from Vienna to the city of Ulm completely impoverished and is said to have died in a hospital.

Major works

Most of his works are signed and dated and his works are among the highest quality works of the late Gothic period . His most famous works include the late Gothic choir stalls and the three seat in the monastery church of the Blaubeuren monastery from 1493, choir stalls and the Levite bench (three seat) in Geislingen an der Steige in the city ​​church . Other major works are the pulpit sound cover (1510) and the three seat (1505) made of limewood in the Ulm Minster (1510).

Ulm Minster

At the age of 20 Syrlin worked at the Dreisitz in Ulm Minster, which he completed between 1482 and 1484. There are only three figures left on the altar. In 1496 a crack was made for the altar of Ulm Minster. In the Württembergisches Landesmuseum there is a crack in the Ulm Minster Tower measuring 68.5 × 331 centimeters from five sheets. In 1505 he designed an arch or niche or predella for the twelve messengers and a sound cover for a pulpit that stands in the Neithart chapel. In 1510 the design of the pulpit was added. His last mention at Ulm Minster is from 1521 when he made a chair next to the Neithart chapel.

Other works

Syrlin was a versatile artist who also engaged in stone carving , painting and engraving .

• Stalls in St. Martinus (upper stadium ) (1486/1487)
• Gravestone for Hans von Stadion (1489)
• Zeitblom altar in Bingen (1496)
• Stocker altar (1496), Levite chair (1506) and chairs (1509) in Ennetach
• Marienretable (1498/1519) in Reutti near Neu-Ulm , created together with Niklaus Weckmann
• Choir stalls in the monastery church of Zwiefalten (1499) and from 1511 to 1517 sculptures and elders under Abbot Sebastianus Molitur . The bust of Abbot Fabri († 1493) should also be mentioned, which is disputedly attributed to him or Count Eberhard.
• Work for the Ochsenhausen Monastery (1514)
• Stalls and three seats in Geislingen an der Steige (1512)
• Two copper engravings, which are connected with IS, its symbol, are in museums in Vienna and England. The copper engraving of the holy water basin with the floor plan in Ulm Minster is also said to come from him.
• The choir stalls of the Dionysius Church in Esslingen, made by the Esslingen master carpenters Hans Wech and Antonius Buol, are said to come from designs by Syrlin.

Erroneous attributions

Sculptures by Niklaus Weckmann were wrongly attributed to Jörg Syrlin . An exhibition in Stuttgart in 1993 with extensive scientific research showed that Syrlin was committing other sculptors who had their own artistic signature.

The Memminger choir stalls are merely an imitation of Syrlin's work by the master carpenters Heinrich Stark and Hans Drapatzhawer, as is the high altar by Winnenden , which bears an imitated mark of Jörg Syrlin the Younger.

literature

• Alfred Klemm:  Sürlin . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 37, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1894, pp. 166-169. (Family item)
• Ludger Alscher , Günter Feist and Peter H. Feist (Ed.): Lexicon of Art. Architecture, fine arts, applied arts, industrial design, art theory . Volume IV. The European Book, West Berlin 1984, ISBN 3-88436-110-4 (978-3-88436-110-8), p. 777.
• Wolfgang Lipp : Guide through the Ulm Minster . Langenau 1999, ISBN 3-88360-011-3 .
• Eduard Mauch: Georg Sürlin, father, and Georg Sürlin, son, sculptors in stone and wood . In: Württembergischer Bildersaal . First volume. Schaber, Stuttgart 1859, pp. 75-77 ( digitized version ).
• Anna Moraht-Fromm and Wolfgang Schürle (eds.): Blaubeuren Monastery. The choir and its high altar . (= Alb and Danube, art and culture; 31). Theiss, Stuttgart 2002, ISBN 3-8062-1719-X .

Individual evidence

1. ^ Barbara Maier-Lörcher: Masterpieces of Ulmer Art . Thorbecke, Ostfildern 2004, ISBN 3-7995-8004-2 , pp. 124-125.

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