Leonhard Haag

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Leonhard Haag (* 1589 in Dillingen an der Donau , † 1635 in Tübingen ) was a Swabian draftsman and painter who settled in Tübingen.

Fortuna (pen drawing from a family record, gray wash, 1610)

life and work

Nothing reliable is known about Leonhard Haag's youth. He grew up in Dillingen and there he must have completed his painting apprenticeship. During his apprenticeship years, however, he must have migrated to Paris, because a drawing from this period has been preserved in the Louvre . Haag settled in Tübingen in 1623, but not much is known about him from this period either. In 1627 he painted in Calw . In 1629 he improved princely portraits in the theological pen. In 1635 he died of the plague in the prime of his creative powers.

Despite the fixed motif, his only surviving drawing, which depicts Fortuna , is quite alive. In its swelling contours and soft fullness, it is probably no coincidence that it is reminiscent of Joseph Heintz , who in the first decade of the 17th century often stayed in Augsburg , which is close to Dillingen .

A son of Leonhard Haag named Martin Haag (* 1615 or shortly before) was a painter in Tübingen. He died a few weeks after his father, also of plague.

Work received

  • 1610 Fortuna (pen drawing from an archive book, washed in gray, 14.0 × 9.3 cm; Louvre Paris, inv.19.252)

Notes and individual references

  1. ↑ According to the Book of the Dead, he was 46 years old.
  2. ↑ a b c Werner Fleischhauer: The beginnings ... , p. 212
  3. ^ Heinrich Geissler: Drawer ... , pp. 110/111

bibliography

  • Werner Fleischhauer : Renaissance in the Duchy of Württemberg , Stuttgart: Kohlhammer 1971
  • Heinrich Geissler : draftsman at the Württemberg court around 1600 . In: “Yearbook of the State Art Collections in Baden-Württemberg”, Munich: Deutscher Kunstverlag 1969, pp. 79–126
  • Werner Fleischhauer: The beginnings of the Tübingen university portrait collection - a contribution to the history of painting of the late Renaissance in the Duchy of Württemberg . In: Werner Fleischhauer u. a .: New contributions to the history of the south-west of Germany. Festschrift for Max Miller , Stuttgart: Kohlhammer 1962, pp. 197–216

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personal data
SURNAME Haag, Leonhard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swabian draftsman and painter
DATE OF BIRTH 1589
PLACE OF BIRTH Dillingen on the Danube
DATE OF DEATH 1635
Place of death Tübingen