Jeronimus Spengler

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Jeronimus Spengler (also Hieronymus Spengler ; * 1589 probably in Konstanz , † 1635 in Konstanz) was a German glass painter of Swiss descent.

Life

Jeronimus Spengler: coat of arms disc with the alliance coat of arms Ulm-Reichlin von Meldegg, 1626

Jeronimus (Hieronymus) Spengler, was the son of Caspar Spengler (1553–1604) from St. Gallen . The father was also a glass painter himself and moved to Constance in 1582, where he opened a workshop. Jeronimus followed his father in choosing a career. It is known from his time as a journeyman that he came to Freiburg im Breisgau in 1606 , where he worked in the workshop of the glass painter Matthäus Federer (1575–1604). In 1611 he returned to Constance, where he also delivered his masterpiece in 1612. It is also known that he renewed his civil rights in Constance in 1613. Archduke Maximilian III. from Austria called him to Innsbruck in 1615 , where he was supposed to make glass paintings for the court church and to repair those in the church of the Holy Cross. From 1616 he was again active in and around Constance.

He died in Constance in 1635. The Spengler family from Constance includes the glass painters Johann Wolfgang Spengler (1624–1685) and Johann Georg Spengler (1660–1737).

Works

Jeronimus Spengler, who signed his works with I.SP, tended to work for private customers and often went on tour. Since the Spengler family produced five generations of glass painters and the individual members were quite generous with their initials, it is often difficult to assign a work to a particular family glass painter. In addition to the order for the court church in Innsbruck, two other municipal orders by Jeronimus Spengler from 1616 and 1617 in Constance are known. He also made a disc for the Wettingen monastery in 1611 and one for the Mellingen parish church in 1630 , which has been preserved in situ. In addition, there are many exhibits in museums with his initials, but it is often difficult to really assign them to him.

In addition to working as a glass painter, he also made court representations in Constance.

literature

  • Stefan Hess : A Hallwyler relies on Our Lady in heaven and on the bishop on earth. For a donor disc dated 1631 in the Museum Aargau . In: “ Argovia ” 2010, pp. 149–157.
  • Peter Hoegger: Glass painting in the canton of Aargau. Wettingen Monastery , Canton Aargau 2002, ISBN 3-906738-34-5 , Text: p. 44 f.
  • Paul Leonhard Ganz: The Basel Glass Painters of the Late Renaissance and the Baroque Period , Basel 1966, p. 124.
  • Hans Rott : Sources and research on southwest German and Swiss art history in the XV. and XVI. Century. I, Bodenseegebiet , Stuttgart: Strecker and Schröder 1933, p. 107 ( online ).
  • Hans Rott: The Constance glass painter family of the Spengler . In: "Badische Heimat" 13 (1926), pp. 78–90.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Friedrich Hefele: On the history of art and custom on the Upper Rhine at the turn of the 16th century. Glass painter Matthäus Federer von Freiburg (1575–1626). Wax bosses Christoph Platzner and Jakob Schmidt von Konstanz (1604) . In: “Zeitschrift des Freiburger Geschichtsverein” 28 (1912), pp. 173–184.
  2. ↑ The disc was donated to the monastery by Christoph Vogeler and Anna Hauser as a profession of their son P. Johann Konrad Vogler in 1621. That is why the dating is controversial, because it would be the oldest signed work by Jeronimus Spengler.

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Coats-of-arms disk in the possession of the Hermitage in St. Petersburg

personal data
SURNAME Spengler, Jeronimus
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Spengler, Hieronymus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German glass painter
DATE OF BIRTH 1589
PLACE OF BIRTH Constancy
DATE OF DEATH 1635
Place of death Constancy