Johann Baptist Hops
Johann Baptist Hops (born September 11, 1736 in Mietingen , † August 30, 1788 in Sigmaringen ) was a German sculptor .
Life and works
Johann Baptist Hops probably belonged to the artist family Hops, but the relationship and the place of birth are disputed. While Thieme / Becker cites a source according to which Hops came from Mietingen , but emphasizes that he was not born there and treats the fatherhood of Johann Adam Hops only as a conjecture, Ulrike Kern assumes that Johann Baptist Hops is a younger one Brother of Johannes Paul Hops , whom Thieme / Becker does not even mention. She does not seem to doubt that Johann Baptist Hops was a son of Johann Adam Hops and was born in Mietingen and considers it likely that he learned from Johann Adam Hops. In Thieme / Becker, however, one can read that he probably received his training from Franz Magnus Hops , who died without direct descendants. He seems to have inherited his workshop.
In 1763 he received citizenship in Sigmaringen and in the same year, on October 29, married Josepha Lutz, a daughter of the local mayor. Johann Baptist Hops is said to have enjoyed drinking; a town hall protocol from 1775 documents the dispute with a fellow guild member whom he is said to have insulted as a "rascal". He had to appear before the council a second time after receiving negative attention because of quarrels in Laiz .
Kern is skeptical of numerous attributions of works of art in the Upper Swabian region to the work of Johann Baptist Hop. She considers his authorship to be certain for the assistant figures Johannes and Maria in the choir of the parish church of St. Oswald in Herbertingen and for the altar in the nuns' choir of the parish church in Laiz.
Thieme / Becker, on the other hand, lists numerous works that Johann Baptist Hops is said to have created, including a picture of Our Lady of the Sigmaringen parish church and high altar figures for the same church, for which a receipt from 1763 is also said to be available, the figures of Peter and Paul in Oberndorfer City parish church, as well as the figures of Peter and Paul in the Epfendorfer parish church and others.
Johann Baptist Hops died of diphtheria .
literature
- Ulrike Kern: The Hops (Hobs) family of sculptors from Mietingen , in: Hohenzollerische Heimat 36, No. 1, 1986, pp. 7-10 ( digitized version ).
Individual evidence
- ↑ So Ulrike Kern 1986, p. 10; Thieme / Becker denies this place of birth.
- ↑ Place of death according to DNB.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hops, Johann Baptist |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hops, Johann Baptist II. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German sculptor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 11, 1736 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Mietingen |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 30, 1788 |
| Place of death | Sigmaringen |