Johann Gerhart

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Johann Gerhart (* 14th century) was a Gothic stone sculptor who worked in Erfurt around the middle of the 14th century .

He created the figure of a Madonna on a corner pillar of the choir of the Serverikirche in Erfurt and on the base with the words Hat Job. Gehart gehowen signed; it is the only 14th century stone sculpture in Central Europe that has been signed by an artist. Jobann Gerhart made several other sculptures in the church. His work is an example of how art expresses the importance of Erfurt on the trade route from the Middle Rhine to Bohemia . Among other things, the city had received the trade fair privilege from the Emperor in 1331 and its location and wealth attracted important artists. Jobann Gerhart probably knew the Gothic style from the Bauhütten in Paris and Cologne and the sculptor was formative for the subsequent sculptures of the Middle Ages in Erfurt, which can be seen with the master of the Neuwerk Madonna , who was possibly a student of Gerhart.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Historical Commission of the Province of Saxony: The City of Erfurt and the Erfurt District (= descriptive representation of the older architectural and art monuments of the Province of Saxony and adjacent areas, booklet XIII). Halle ad p. 1890, p. 9.
  2. ^ Alfred Overmann : The older art monuments of sculpture, painting and applied arts in the city of Erfurt . Erfurt 1911, No. 46.
  3. ^ Frank Matthias Kammel : Art in Erfurt, 1300-1360: Studies on sculpture and panel painting . Berlin 200, p. 10f.
  4. ↑ Robert Suckale: The Madonna statue of Johann Gerhart in the Erfurt Severistift as an epoch-making work . In: Johannes Cramer u. a. (Ed.): Research on the Erfurt Cathedral (= workbook of the Thuringian State Office for Monument Preservation NF 20). Erfurt 2005, pp. 204-208.
  5. ^ Alfred Overmann: The older art monuments of sculpture, painting and applied arts in the city of Erfurt . Erfurt 1911, No. 46.
personal data
SURNAME Gerhart, Johann
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Gothic stone sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH 14th Century
DATE OF DEATH 14th Century