Jakob Wolff the Elder

Jakob Wolff the Elder (* 1546 in Bamberg ; † July 16, 1612 in Nuremberg ) was a German architect and sculptor during the Renaissance .

Life

His son Jakob ( Jakob Wolff the Younger ) was born in 1571 , the date of birth of his son Hans is unclear.

Wolff worked in Würzburg from 1601 to 1605 and helped build the Marienberg fortress . In Nuremberg, he finished as a city architect from 1602–1607 with the Pellerhaus, one of the most sophisticated private buildings of the German Renaissance, which merged the Venetian and German forms of construction . Another secular building built by Wolff in Nuremberg is the Toplerhaus on Paniersplatz. From 1607 to 1616 the Schwarzenberg Castle was rebuilt in Scheinfeld ; here he and his son Jakob were involved in the execution of the designs created by Elias Holl .

After the death of their father, the sons Jakob and Hans were both involved in the construction of the Nuremberg town hall .

Jakob Wolff the Elder and his son Jakob Wolff the Younger are among the German pioneers of Italian Renaissance architecture.

Individual evidence

↑ Stefan Kummer : Architecture and fine arts from the beginnings of the Renaissance to the end of the Baroque. In: Ulrich Wagner (Hrsg.): History of the city of Würzburg. 4 volumes; Volume 2: From the Peasants' War in 1525 to the transition to the Kingdom of Bavaria in 1814. Theiss, Stuttgart 2004, ISBN 3-8062-1477-8 , pp. 576–678 and 942–952, here: p. 590.

personal data
SURNAME	Wolff, Jakob the Elder
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German architect and sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH	1546
PLACE OF BIRTH	Bamberg
DATE OF DEATH	July 16, 1612
Place of death	Nuremberg

[1] Stefan Kummer : Architecture and fine arts from the beginnings of the Renaissance to the end of the Baroque. In: Ulrich Wagner (Hrsg.): History of the city of Würzburg. 4 volumes; Volume 2: From the Peasants' War in 1525 to the transition to the Kingdom of Bavaria in 1814. Theiss, Stuttgart 2004, ISBN 3-8062-1477-8 , pp. 576–678 and 942–952, here: p. 590.