Johann Pfister

Johann (Hans) Pfister (born August 3, 1573 in Breslau ; † before 1642 Bereschany or Lemberg ) was a German sculptor who lived and worked in Poland.

His parents were the Breslau painter and sculptor Georg Pfister from Heilbronn and his wife Martha Schewitz. His brother Kaspar became a jeweler.

Pfister learned his trade from Hans Hoffmann from Strasbourg , who married Georg Pfister's widow and took over his workshop. From 1611 to 1615 he is mentioned in the Lviv documents as Hanusz snycerz . He was probably already living in Lviv in 1607. 1617 his wife Katharina born. Świątkiewicz mentioned. At that time Pfister was a resident of Bereschany, a small town that belonged to the aristocratic Sieniawski family. In 1620 he carved his name on the tomb of Janusz Ostrogski and his wife Susanna Seredi in the Cathedral won Tarnów . Pfister died before 1642. He left two children, daughter Anna and son Johann, who worked as a sculptor in Bereschany.

The only undoubted work of Pfister is the Ostrowski tomb in Tarnów Cathedral , made of marble (architectural elements) and alabaster (figures and ornaments). Work on the tomb probably began as early as 1605. The sculptures created at that time are attributed to the Gdansk sculptor Willem van den Blocke . The remaining sculptures, created around 1620, are attributed to Johann Pfister.

Many works are ascribed to the sculptor Johann Pfister, especially in Lemberg and Bereschany. a.

• The sculptures in the lower parts of the Boim Chapel in Lviv
• Epitaph Sigismund Bresler († 1612) in this chapel
• Epitaph Jan Swoszowski († 1615) in the Lviv Dominican Church
• Epitaph Archbishop Jan Zamoyski († 1614) in the Lviv Roman Catholic Cathedral
• Epitaph Adam Hieronymus Sieniawski († 1619) in the castle church of Bereschany
• Jan Daniłowicz († 1618) tomb in Olesko .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Culture.pl