Johann Gustav Stockenberg

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Johan (s) Gustav Stockberg (* before 1660 in Sweden , † 1710 in Tallinn ) was a Swedish-born sculptor , carver and stone carvings of the High Baroque , which in Sweden, Russia and especially in Reval (now Tallinn , Estonia in) Swedish-Estonia worked.

life and work

Interior of the Cathedral Church in Tallinn

Stockenberg (first mentioned in 1676) came from Sweden (probably from Stockholm ), moved to Copenhagen in 1681 with his brother-in-law , where he carved, among other things, decorative deer heads (a) , and came to Reval around 1683, where he lived on Mount Antonius . Under the direction of master builder and joiner Daniel Bickel, Stockenberg took part in the reconstruction of Tallinn Cathedral alongside Christian Ackermann , after it was badly damaged in the fire on Domberg in 1684 .

Tallinn Castle

Stockenberg was also involved in all renovations and repairs (later from 1687) to Tallinn Castle , including work on the stairs of the Imperial Hall and in the representative and living rooms of the residence of the Swedish Governor General.

In 1688 he came into conflict with the guild of Reval bricklayers, sculptors and stone carvers, because as a freelance stonemason he had ignored the compulsory guild and built the windows, doors and stairs for the Maart manor (Estonian Maardu , parish Jegelecht ) would have.

Maart Manor

Stockenberg died in Reval around the time of the siege of Reval .

Well-known work

Stockenberg delivered works to various cities in Swedish Estonia, including one of the capitals for the entrance to Poorten's house in Narva .

His most famous works are several stone sarcophagi of prominent persons who were buried in Tallinn's cathedral, namely the grave monuments for Otto Reinhold von Taube and the Swedish field marshal Fabian von Fersen , and probably the sarcophagus of the Swedish field marshal Otto Wilhelm von Fersen .

  • Sarcophagus for Fabian von Fersen in Tallinn Cathedral, made by Stockenberg at the end of the 17th century

  • Sarcophagus for Otto Reinhold von Taube in Tallinn Cathedral

  • Sarcophagus by Otto Wilhelm von Fersen in Tallinn Cathedral, probably made by Stockenberg at the beginning of the 18th century

  • Sarcophagus by Otto Wilhelm von Fersen

  • Detail view of Otto Wilhelm von Fersen's sarcophagus

Family and descendants

Stockenberg's wife was Magdalena Lamoureux, born in Hamburg , a sister of the French sculptor Abraham César Lamoureux and the stepdaughter of the sculptor Jean Baptista Dieussart . His sons and grandsons were postal inspectors (b) in Livonia . His great-granddaughter Charlotte Amalie (ca. 1754-1802) married in 1878 Dorpater Council Counsel Gottlob Siegmund Brasch (1752-1803) and was the ennobling the ancestress of the Baltic German noble family Brasch . Her sister Louise Dorothea (1755-1803) was married to Dorpater councilor Carl Ulrich Ehlertz (1739-1790), and her younger brother Gustav Emmanuel (1771-1845) was pastor of the parish of Kamby ( Kambja ) in the Dorpat district. The great-grandchildren of Gustav Emmanuel Stockenberg were the scientists Wilhelm (1880–1940), Walter (1885–1962) and Oskar Anderson (1887–1960).


(a) For two deer heads he received 24 Danish Rigsdaler from the Royal Chamber.
(b)In Livonia and Estonia in the 18th and 19th centuries, a post commissioner was a manager or leaseholder of a horse post office employed by the knighthood.

literature

  • Sten Karling : Wood carving and carpentry of the Renaissance and Baroque in Estonia (=  negotiations of the learned Estonian society on Dorpat . Volume 34 ). Estonian learned society, Tartu 1943 ( digitized from the University of Tartu ).
  • Antikvariska study. 3 (=  Kungl. Vitterhets-, historie- och antikvitetsakademiens handlingar . Volume 65 ). Wahlström & Widstrand, Stockholm 1948 ( limited preview in Google book search).
  • Sulev Mäeväli: Tallinn Cathedral Burials and Tomb Monuments . Morgan Studio, Tallinn 2004, ISBN 9949-10-761-X .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b tomb. Manufacturer: Johan Gustav Stockenberg. In: Image index of art and architecture . German Documentation Center for Art History - Photo Archive Photo Marburg , accessed on March 11, 2018 .
  2. ↑ a b c Bertil Waldén: Nicolaes Millich och hans krets: study i den karolinska baroque sculptural construction . Saxon & Lindströms förlag, Stockholm 1942 ( limited preview in Google book search).
  3. ^ A b Emil Marquard: Fra arkiv og museum (= Østifternes historisk-topografiske selskab [ed.]: Series 2 ). Arnold Busck, Copenhagen 1925, Abraham Cæsar Lamoureux, p. 245–247 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
  4. ^ Frederik Julius Meier: l'Amoureux Abraham César . In: Carl Frederik Bricka (Ed.): Dansk biografisk Lexikon. Tillige omfattende Norge for Tidsrummet 1537-1814. 1st edition. tape 1 : Aaberg – Beaumelle . Gyldendalske Boghandels Forlag, Copenhagen 1887, p. 196 (Danish, runeberg.org ).
  5. ↑ a b EAA.1.2.483. Received letters in administrative and judicial matters. In: Arhiivi infosüsteem (AIS). Rahvusarhiiv, the National Archives of Estonia, accessed March 19, 2019 (Estonian).
  6. ^ Sten Karling: On the history of the construction of the cathedral in Tallinn (=  negotiations of the Estonian learned society . Volume 30 ). Estonian learned society, Tartu 1938, p. 237–248 ( digitized from the University of Tartu ).
  7. ↑ Sulev Mäeväli : Tallinn historic buildings and artworks . Perioodika, Tallinn 1993, ISBN 5-7979-0471-3 , pp. 18 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
  8. ↑ a b Armin Tuulse: On the building history of Tallinn Castle (=  meeting reports of the learned Estonian society in Dorpat . Volume 1935 ). Estonian learned society, Tartu 1937, p. 41–96 ( digitized version from the University of Tartu ).
  9. ^ Notes and news (=  magazine for art history . Volume 7 , no. 4 ). Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich 1938, p. 360 , JSTOR : 1480964 .
  10. ↑ Sten Ingvar Karling: Narva: A building history investigation (=  Kungl. Vitterhets historie- och antikvitets academies. Archaeological monographs . Volume 25 ). Wahlström & Widstrand, Stockholm 1936 ( limited preview in the Google book search).
  11. ↑ Sulev Mäeväli: Historical and Architectural Monuments in Tallinn . Perioodika, Tallinn 1981.
  12. ↑ a b 1343 OR Taube hauamonument-sarkofaag. In: National Register of Cultural Monuments (Estonia). June 20, 1995. Retrieved March 11, 2018 (Estonian).
  13. ↑ a b 1344 F. v. Ferseni hauamonument-sarkofaag. In: National Register of Cultural Monuments (Estonia). June 20, 1995. Retrieved March 11, 2018 (Estonian).
  14. ↑ a b c d 1367 OW v. Ferseni hauamonument. In: National Register of Cultural Monuments (Estonia). June 20, 1995. Retrieved March 11, 2018 (Estonian).
  15. ↑ Georg von Rauch : The Germanness of a Livonian Parish in the 18th Century (=  Baltic Monthly Issues . Year 1932). Verlag Ernst Plates, Riga 1932, p. 93 ( digitized from the University of Tartu ).
  16. ↑ a b Nikolai von Essen: Family Tables - Pedigree - Portraits (=  news about the Ungern-Sternberg family . Addendum III). Publisher of Professor Rolf Freiherr v. Ungern-Sternberg, Tartu 1936, p. 206–208 ( digitized version from the University of Tartu ).
  17. ^ A b Robert Arthur von Lemm: Dorpater Council Line 1319-1889 and the Dorpater City Office 1878-1918 . Herder Institute, Marburg / Lahn 1960, p. 47, 59 ( digitized version of the Bavarian State Library ).
  18. ^ Karl Eduard Napiersky : Life news from the Livonian preachers, with literary evidence. Third part. QZ. In addition to corrections and addenda (=  contributions to the history of the churches and preachers in Livonia . Fourth issue). Verlag JF Steffenhagen and Son, Mitau 1852, p. 59–60 ( digitized version from the University of Tartu ).
  19. ↑ Emil Marquard: Royal Danish kammerregnskaber fra Frederik og III.s Christian IV.s tid (=  Selskabet for udgivelse af kilder til dansk history ). I kommission hos GEC Gad, Copenhagen 1918 ( limited preview in Google book search).
  20. ↑ P. In: Baltic legal dictionary. Baltic Historical Commission , accessed March 19, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Stockenberg, Johann Gustav
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Stockenberg, Johan Gustav
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swedish-born sculptor and stonemason of the high baroque
DATE OF BIRTH before 1660
PLACE OF BIRTH Sweden
DATE OF DEATH around 1710
Place of death Reval