Jakob Kaschauer

St. Sigismund from the Freising high altar retable, 1443

Jakob Kaschauer (also Jacob von Kaschau and Jakub z Košíc ) (* probably around 1400 in Kaschau (Košice); † between March 23 and August 29, 1463 in Vienna ) was an Austrian sculptor, painter and glass painter. The family name or nickname indicates an origin from the then Upper Hungarian city ​​of Kaschau (Hungarian. Kassa , today: Košice).

Life

The work of Jakob Kaschauer can be traced back to 1429 at the Dombauhütte St. Stephan in Vienna. Kaschauer ran a painting, carving and glass painting workshop in Vienna.

The Freising Prince-Bishop Nicodemus della Scala had carved figures ordered from Kaschau for a high altar of the Freising Cathedral donated by him in 1443 . The Virgin Mary and the figure of St. Korbinian (both now in the Bavarian National Museum in Munich ), the figure of St. Sigismund (on loan from the Landesmuseum Württemberg in the Bavarian National Museum) and a donor figure (on loan from the Dombergmuseum Freising in the Bavarian National Museum).

From 1445 to 1448 Jakob Kaschauer created the panels for the huge high altar in the Church of St. Michael in Vienna.

Friedrich III. was Roman-German King from 1440 and Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire from 1452 and from 1440 expanded Wiener Neustadt as his residence and brought in artists such as Jakob Kaschauer, Peter von Pusica and Niclas Gerhaert van Leyden .

Kaschauer was married to Margareta Hirschvogel from Nuremberg († 1480) and was buried in the crypt of the Michaelerkirche in Vienna.

In 1953 the Kaschauerplatz in Vienna- Donaustadt (22nd district) was named after him.

Works (selection)

• Jakob Kaschauer (workshop), St. Pope (St. Peter?) , Around 1440/1445, Belvedere , Vienna.

Web links

Commons : Jakob Kaschauer  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Alfred Schädler:  Kaschauer, Jakob. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 11, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1977, ISBN 3-428-00192-3 , pp. 310-312 ( digitized version ).
• Entry on Jakob Kaschauer in the Austria Forum  (in the AEIOU Austria Lexicon )
• Jakob Kaschauer in the Vienna History Wiki of the City of Vienna

Individual evidence

1. ^ German biography - Kaschauer, Jakob . Retrieved January 2, 2015.
2. ↑ Kayser Fridrichs laudable Gedechtnus - The burial project of Emperor Friedrich III. for Wiener Neustadt ( Memento of the original from January 2, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Dissertation 2011, accessed on January 1, 2015. 
3. ↑ The building trade in the Middle Ages - planning and construction of the Neuberg an der Mürz monastery complex . Diploma thesis 2012, accessed on January 1, 2015.
4. ^ Museum of Applied Arts (MAK) - Kaiser Friedrich III. and the court at Wiener Neustadt . Retrieved on January 1, 2015. ( PDF ( Memento of the original from March 7, 2016 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. ) 
5. ^ Museum of Applied Arts (MAK) - Friedrich III. in portraits and representations of his time . Retrieved on January 1, 2015. ( PDF ( Memento of the original from March 5, 2016 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 notice. )