List of artists at Mainz Cathedral
The following list provides information about artists who can be shown to have worked at Mainz Cathedral :
| Artist | subject | Work / explanation |
|---|---|---|
| Adalbertmeister | sculptor | Around 1480–1500 he created the Madonna of the Palestine Riders (donated by Bernhard von Breidenbach together with the knight Philipp von Bicken), a burial scene, the grave monument of Archbishop Adalbert III. of Saxony |
| Albraht (Albrecht) | Bell caster | Hosanna Bell (1298) |
| Amon | Bell caster | According to sources also in 1298 the supplier of a bell for the west tower |
| Hans Backoffen | sculptor | Creator of the following grave monuments: Berthold von Henneberg (1504), Jakob von Liebenstein (1508), Uriel von Gemmingen (1514) |
| Giovanni Angelo Barella († 1695) | Master mason | |
| Philipp Jakob Baudrexel | Musician | Hofkapellmeister, head of the so-called cathedral music, a wind group to accompany the pontifical offices |
| Veit ten Bent | Organ builder | Restored the cathedral organs from 1560 and built a completely new organ for the nave in 1563 |
| Berenger | Iron caster | Creator of Willigis ' bronze doors, oldest proven artist at the cathedral |
| Johann Friedrich Bräuer | Goldsmith | Among other things, Bräuer created a monstrance that is still in the cathedral treasury today |
| Georg Busch | sculptor | Grave monument of Bishop Paul Leopold Haffner |
| Christian Braun | Creator of a crucifix | |
| Castor | painter | His work for the cathedral, a portrait of Francis of Assisi, has not survived. |
| Johann Valentin Crams | painter | Altarpiece for the Saulheim Altarpiece by Provost Adolph Hund von Saulheim (1665) |
| PJH Cuypers | Cathedral builder | In office from 1873 to 1879, builder of the eastern crossing tower in 1873 |
| Nikolaus Dickhart | sculptor | Altar of the Scharfenstein Chapel (1609), grave monuments of the Memorie, probably also employees at the Bassenheim Altar |
| Hermann Dreymann | Organ builder | Emergency organ for the time of the great cathedral renovation (1861). |
| Albrecht Dürer | painter | "Mercy" painting (not preserved) |
| Philipp Embach | Organ builder | Choir organ in the west choir (1866) |
| Nicolaus Eseler | Foreman | since 1463 foreman at the cathedral, in 1473 involved in the renovation work on the east tower |
| Peter Eseler | Foreman | around 1440 |
| Johann Georg Finkenauer | Organ builder | Choir organ in the west choir (1866) |
| Johann Wolfgang Frölicher | sculptor | Grave monuments: For Count Karl Adam von Lamberg († 1689) and Archbishop Anselm Franz von Ingelheim († 1695) Ecce homo altar (1692) today church of St. Alban Bodenheim |
| George | painter | Designer of the cathedral organ |
| Madern Gerthener | sculptor | Memory portal, grave monument for Archbishop Konrad III. von Dhaun († 1434) and probably also grave monument for Archbishop Johann II. von Nassau († 1419) |
| Johann Gerthinger | Cathedral organist | around 1560 |
| Konrad Gobel | Metal and bell foundries | Creator of a candelabra (around 1598) |
| Wilhelm de Graff | Glaziers | Two windows for the sacrament chapel |
| Johann Mauritz Gröninger | sculptor | Grave monument for Provost Heinrich Ferdinand von der Leyen († 1714) (largest grave monument in the cathedral). The cathedral provost had already commissioned the monument during his lifetime. Gröninger died in 1707. |
| Grünewald | painter | Frescoes for the chapter house (only partially preserved) |
| Hieronymus Hack | Bell caster | a bell for the cathedral (1598) |
| Henricus Hane | Organ builder | Restoration of the bellows of the cathedral organs (1516) |
| Hans von Düren | Madonna for the Adalbert Monument (1484), Aegidius Choir in the Memorie (1486) | |
| Hans of Mainz | Bell caster | "Pretzel Bell" (1407) |
| Arnold Harnisch († 1691) | sculptor | Grave monuments: For Landgrave Christian von Hessen († 1677) and for Archbishop Damian Hartard von der Leyen († 1678); Marble altar, Maria-Himmelfahrts-Altar, from 1683, today in St. Michael (Lörzweiler) |
| Franz Anton Hermann | Carpenter | Design and construction of the west choir stalls (1765) |
| Ludwig Hermann | Carpenter | Staff at the west choir stalls |
| Karl Hermann († 1881) | painter | Collaborator on the Nazarenes in the nave |
| Hertel | sculptor | Grave monument for Bishop Wilhelm Emmanuel von Ketteler |
| Eduard von Heuss | painter | Christ in the Laurentius Altar |
| Franz Matthias Hiernle | sculptor | Figure "John the Baptist" in the cloister (1710) |
| Johann Kaspar Hiernle | sculptor | Figure "St. Bonifatius "in the cloister (1750) |
| Jerome of Mainz | Bell caster | Creator of the 12 o'clock bell (east tower) from 1598 |
| Clemens Hinckh | Builder (?) | Chorettos on the north and south side of the west crossing (1682) |
| Jacob | Organ builder | Work on the registry of the cathedral organ (1535) |
| Johannes Thomas Jpenar | painter | Painting of the Nativity (not preserved) |
| Johannes of Mainz | Iron caster | Baptismal font for the Liebfrauenkirche (1328), brought to the cathedral after its demolition in 1803 |
| Hans Juncker | sculptor | Grave monument for Archbishop Wolfgang von Dalberg († 1601) |
| Heinrich Jung | sculptor | Grave monument for Archbishop Johann Friedrich Karl von Ostein († 1763); Sculptures for the west choir stalls |
| Michael Kainberger | Bell caster | Sacristy Lily of the Valley (1598), now in the Cathedral Museum |
| Emanuel Kemper | Organ builder | East choir organ (1963) |
| Christian I. Klapperbach († 1596) | Iron caster | Bronze plaques for the cathedral |
| Johannes Klais organ building | Organ builder | Cathedral organ (1928), now available in a different design |
| Wolfgang Küchler | Creator of an altar (1657) | |
| Johann Valentin Krambs | painter | Crucifixion painting (not preserved) |
| Franz Thaddäus Lang | Goldsmith | Monstrance (today in the cathedral treasury) |
| August Gustav Lasinsky († 1870) | Master painter | Collaborator on the frescoes by Philipp Veits |
| Joseph Laské | Cathedral builder | 1857 to 1863 |
| Heinz Leitermann | Master painter | Drafts for the bishop's coats of arms in the windows of the side chapels (1960) |
| Johannes Lent | Goldsmith | Plate and measuring jug (1720) |
| Joseph HA Lucas | Cathedral builder | 1879 to 1909 |
| Steffan Lilienpaum | Organ builder | Restorer of the cathedral organs in 1545, maintenance work on the west choir organ |
| Paul Mayer-Speer | Master painter | Colored interior design of the cathedral during the renovations in 1928 and 1958 |
| Jacob Mayor | Carpenter | Collaborator at the so-called Brendel choir stalls (1580). The Brendel choir stalls originally stood in the St. Gangolph Castle Church, which was demolished during the Napoleonic period . Today it is in the east choir of the cathedral. |
| Johann Peter Melchior | sculptor | Creator of sculptures for the grave monuments of cathedral dean Georg Adam von Fechenbach († 1773) and Karl Emmerich von Breidbach zu Bürresheim († 1743) |
| Master of the Aspelt Monument | sculptor | Creator of the grave monument of Archbishop of Mainz Peter von Aspelt († 1320) |
| Ludwig Metternich | Cathedral builder | 1864 to 1867 |
| Georg Moller | architect | Wrought iron dome over the eastern crossing tower (1828, removed again in 1870) |
| Johannes More | Carpenter | Staff at the bell storey of the east tower (1473) |
| Naumburg master | sculptor | Westlettner (around 1230), today only preserved in fragments, see also Bassenheimer Reiter |
| Johann Balthasar Neumann | builder | Drafts for the monuments of the archbishops Johann Philipp von Schönborn and Lothar Franz von Schönborn in the west choir (around 1740) |
| Franz Ignaz Michael Neumann | builder | New west spire and ends of the flank turrets and roofs on the west choir (1769–1774) |
| Nicholas | Stonemason | employed at the cathedral around 1484 |
| Nicholas | builder | Nikolauskapelle in the cloister (before 1382) |
| Nikolaus Queck | Foreman and stonemason | Employed at the cathedral around 1481 and creator of the thunderstorm bell (1490) |
| Karlheinz Oswald | sculptor | Christ (bronze), created on the occasion of the 1998 Catholic Day in Mainz, location: north aisle in front of the Liebfrauen portal
Mainzer Bonifatius, 1,90 m hohe Bronzestatue im Eingangsbereich der Gotthard-Kapelle, die ihn als Benediktiner darstellt Grave slab for Hermann Cardinal Volk (bronze) in the west crypt |
| Peter Reuter | Bell caster | Creator of a bell for the west tower |
| Franz Xaver Ripple | Organ builder | In 1803, under his direction, the remains of Güntzer's organ were moved to the northern western choir |
| Georg Robyn | Carpenter | Employee at Brendel's choir stalls (around 1580) |
| Johann Robyn | sculptor | Memorial to the von Gablentz family (1592) |
| Christian Roosaler | Creator of the Mater-Dolorosa Altar (today in Bodenheim) | |
| Georg Christoph Roth | Bell caster | Involved in the casting and re-casting of bells (1721) |
| Johann Martin Roth | Bell caster | Creator of four bells for the cathedral (1773, destroyed in the bombardment of the city in 1793) |
| Jean Baptist Ruel | Master painter | 1684 creator of several paintings for the cathedral (not preserved) |
| FW Schilling | Bell caster | |
| Ernst Schindler (blacksmith) | Blacksmith | Creator of the grilles for the sacrament chapel and the sacristy (1962/63) |
| Balthasar Schlimbach | Organ builder | |
| Martin Schlimbach | Organ builder | Enlargement of the choir organ in the west choir (1899) |
| Joseph Scholl | sculptor | Monuments to Joseph Ludwig Colmar († 1818) and Johann Jakob Humann († 1834) |
| Johannes Schreiter | Glassmaker | Design of the windows in the sacrament chapel (2007) |
| Dietrich Schro | sculptor | Grave monuments of the Elector Albrecht von Brandenburg († 1545), Sebastian von Heusenstamm († 1555) and the cathedral cantor Georg Göler von Ravensburg († 1558) |
| Ludwig Michael Schwanthaler | sculptor | Creator of the monument to Heinrich von Meissen called Frauenlob (1842) |
| Joseph Anton Nikolaus Settegast († 1890) | Master painter | Staff working on the Nazarenes in the nave |
| Alois Stettner | Glaziers | three windows in the west choir (1954) |
| Hans Tugi | Organ builder | Builder of the nave organ of the cathedral (1514) |
| Johann Valentin Thoman | architect | Repair of the central nave roof (1747–1750); Construction of an officiant's room and restoration of the elective room of the Mainz cathedral chapter for the cathedral monastery (1764/1765); Redesign of the north chapels and construction of the baroque vestibule of the market portal (around 1770) |
| Philipp Veit | Master painter | Main contractor of the painting of the central nave (1859–1864) |
| Veit of Cologne | Organ builder | Builder of a new nave organ |
| Johannes Weckerlin | Stonemason and cathedral builder | 1435 |
| Hen Weckerlin | Stonemason | 1357 |
| Josef Wessicken | Cathedral builder | 1868 to 1873 |
| Richard Weiland | Goldsmith | Shrine of the Mainz saints in the east crypt (1960) |
| Paul Weigmann | Glaziers | five windows in the east crypt |
| Wisshenne (Henne Wisse) | Stonemason and cathedral builder | before 1467 |
| Enders Wolff | Builder, sculptor | Guard room in the north west transept and the Brendel family epitaph (1572/73) |
| Gerhardt Wolff | Carpenter | Parish pulpit (1585/86) and the Brendel choir stalls (1581/82) |
| Burkard Zamels | sculptor | Grave monument for Philipp Karl von Eltz († 1743) |
| Joseph Zechbauer | Bell caster | four cathedral bells (1809) |
| Otto Zechbauer | Bell caster | Measuring bell (1821) |
| Georg Zeuner | sculptor | Creator of the bronze chandelier in the Gotthard Chapel (1972), the furnishing of the bishop's crypt (1972) and the crucifix above the main altar (1975) |
| Bernd Zimmer | painter | Representative of the "Neue Wilden", altarpiece in the sacrament chapel (2007) |
literature
- August Schuchert , Wilhelm Jung : The Mainz Cathedral - A manual. 3. Edition. Schmidt & Bödige, Mainz 1984.
- Friedhelm Jürgensmeier (ed.): The Bishop's Church of St. Martin in Mainz. Knecht, Mainz 1986.
Individual evidence
- ↑ John Augel: Italian immigration and economic activity in the Rhineland cities of the 17th and 18th centuries. 1971, p. 287 online .
- ^ Philipp Friedrich Gwinner: Art and Artists in Frankfurt am Main: from the thirteenth century to the opening of the Städel'schen Kunstinstitut , Frankfurt, 1862, p. 224; (Digital scan)