Kaspar von der Sitt
Kaspar von der Sitt (* probably in Amberg ) was a German stone etcher in the 16th century.
Life
Sitt was a citizen in Passau for a while , which he left in 1591 because of his Lutheran faith . He was an imperial notary and from 1598 resided in Amberg again.
His most famous works include the Passau Liedertisch from 1589 (today in the Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna , collection of old musical instruments) and the Amberg Liedertisch, which he made in 1591 together with Hanns Leonhard Deinfelder for the city council.
Further works by Sitt can be found in the City Museum in the Hl.-Geist-Spital Nördlingen (oath sworn tablet, 1615), in Hohenschwangau Castle , in Laxenburg Castle , in the Bavarian National Museum , in the Württemberg State Museum in Stuttgart and in the Art History Museum in Vienna.
Individual evidence
- ^ Ludwig Heinrich Krick: Small pictures from the history of the Diocese of Passau . Passau 1927, pp. 37–38 ( digitized ; Flash ; 85 kB)
- ↑ https://www.stadtmuseum-noerdlingen.de/de/justiz
literature
- Bertha Wallner: Musical monuments of the stone etching art of the 16th and 17th centuries together with contributions to the maintenance of music at that time . Lenter'sche Hofbuchhandlung, Munich 1912
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Sitt, Kaspar von der |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Sitt, Caspar von der |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German stone etcher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 16th Century |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | On the mountain |
| DATE OF DEATH | 17th century |