Jakob Woller

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Epitaph in the choir of the St. Michaels Church Oberböbingen

Jakob Woller (* around 1510 in Schwäbisch Gmünd ; † 1564 in Tübingen ) was a Renaissance sculptor .

Woller is documented in Gmünder written sources in 1544 and 1549. Around 1558/59 he created the tomb of Hans Wolf von Woellwarth († April 29, 1558/1559) in the Evangelical Church of St. Michael in Oberböbingen . In 1556 he was called to Tübingen to continue work on the tomb of the House of Württemberg in the choir of the collegiate church . His successor there was his stepson Leonhard Baumhauer .

literature

  • Hermann Kissling : artist and craftsman in Schwäbisch Gmünd 1300–1650 . Schwäbisch Gmünd 1995, pp. 212-214, ISBN 3-927654-46-9 .
  • Hermann Baumhauer: Jakob Woller - a sculptor of the late Renaissance from Gmünd , in Einhorn-Jahrbuch 1985, Einhornverlag, Schwäbisch Gmünd 1985, ISBN 3-921703-70-0 , pp. 117–125.
  • Theodor Demmler : The grave monuments of the Württemberg Princely House and their masters in the XVI. Century , Studies on German Art History Issue 129, Strasbourg 1910, 123–135 ( digitized version ).
personal data
SURNAME Woller, Jakob
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German sculptor of the Renaissance
DATE OF BIRTH around 1510
PLACE OF BIRTH Schwäbisch Gmünd
DATE OF DEATH 1564
Place of death Tübingen