Johann Georg Weckenmann
Johann Georg Weckenmann (* 1727 in Uttenweiler ; † 1795 in Haigerloch ) was court sculptor for Prince Joseph Friedrich von Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen .
Life
The exact origin of Johann Georg Weckenmann is still not known, but he was probably born in Uttenweiler near Riedlingen in 1727. Like many other farmer's sons, he joined the huge army of craftsmen and henchmen in the construction of the Zwiefalter Minster . He developed his talents among the local carvers, plasterers and stone sculptors and gained the favor of the architectural artist Johann Michael Fischer . In the 1760s there was an exchange of letters between Johann Michael Fischer and Prince Joseph Friedrich von Hohenzollern; The topic was the construction of the abandoned St. Anna pilgrimage church in the upper town of Haigerloch . A Haigerloch council protocol from 1753 reports on Weckenmann's naturalization and his title as court sculptor, which was facilitated by a sovereign order .
Until the death of Prince Joseph Friedrich von Hohenzollern in 1769, Weckenmann was assigned a number of jobs in the principality:
- all the plastic jewelry on the pilgrimage church St. Anna in Haigerloch
- the wood-carved Mother of Sorrows at the foot of the crucifix of the Haigerloch castle church
- the design of the place of worship on the Martinsberg near Hechingen
- the crucifixion group of the Calvary for the monastery church St. Luzen in Hechingen
After 1769, Weckenmann created the apostle statues of Peter and Paul for the high altar in the Sigmaringen town church, the larger than life classical statue of Nepomuk in the Oberndorfer monastery garden and the rich baroque portal for the Augustinian monastery church there.
A little later, Pierre Michel d'Ixnard entrusted him with the design of the portal crown at the newly built Hechingen collegiate church .
Weckenmann's last major order and one of his famous works is the figure allegory at Speth's city palace in Gammertingen . A classicist castle was built there by order of the Barons von Speth zu Zwiefalten. On the terrace, his eight sandstone statues create an artistic demarcation from the profane world. The figures of four deities ( Orpheus , Asklepios , Diana and Flora ) are complemented by smaller putti figures that symbolize the four seasons. However, the putti originals were so weathered in the 1960s that the city of Gammertingen commissioned new ones from the Tübingen sculptor Gerhard Halbritter. These fell victim to thieves. In May 2008, more putti were stolen, so that the stonemason and sculptor Christoph Stauß from Rulfingen made two replicas with a single value of 5,500 euros on behalf of the city and set them up on the original site in May 2010. At the same time, the sandstone figure of Diana, the goddess of the hunt, believed to be lost and belonging to the ensemble of figures near the castle, was found again. Stauß identified the statue, which had been stored in a municipal garage for decades, as an original work by Weckenmann. On the art market, the Weckenmann figure would achieve a value of 40,000 to 50,000 euros. However, it does not come from the heyday of the baroque artist; but could have been made by his son. He was also a sculptor, but did not achieve the fame of his father.
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- Information from the monument councilor G. Halbritter, Tübingen and the Gammertingen city archive, 2007
- Ulrike Elisabeth Weiß: Johann Georg Weckenmann (1727-1795), sculptor for Prince Joseph Friedrich von Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen . In: Hohenzollerischer Geschichtsverein eV (Hrsg.): Journal for Hohenzollerische Geschichte . Volume 28, 1992.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ignaz Stösser (is): As if nothing had happened: Two putti are back . In: Schwäbische Zeitung of May 22, 2010
- ↑ Ignaz Stösser (is): Steinmetz discovers lost figures . In: Schwäbische Zeitung from May 26, 2010
- ↑ Ignaz Stösser (is): Art history. Steinmetz discovers lost goddess of the hunt . In: Schwäbische Zeitung from May 26, 2010
- ↑ Ignaz Stösser (is): Diana is safe . In: Schwäbische Zeitung from May 26, 2010
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Weckenmann, Johann Georg |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German sculptor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1727 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Uttenweiler |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1795 |
| Place of death | Haigerloch |