Lorenz Hörnig

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Lorenz Hörnig (* around 1577 in Apolda ; † March 12, 1624 in Pirna ) was a German sculptor.

Life

Lorenz Hörnig (other forms of name Hörnick, Hörnigk, Hörningk, Hörnung, Hornig, Hornigk, Hornung) comes from an Apolda family that is already mentioned in the hereditary book of 1549. After years of apprenticeship in Thuringia, Hörnig came to Pirna at the latest in 1599 during his time as a journeyman, and this date is linked to the estimate of his year of birth 1577. He first worked for the Pirna sculptor Michael Schwenke and later had his own workshop. Hörnig is one of the most important Mannerist sculptors in Saxony.

Works

Epitaph of the Bünau Chapel in the Lauenstein City Church (around 1610)
  • 1611–1613 epithapies in the town church Lauenstein (district of Altenberg)
  • 1620 sculptures in the church of Oelsen (district of Bad Gottleuba-Berggießhübel)
  • 1622 Teufelserker in Pirna
  • 1606, 1607, 1623/24 altar and baptismal font in the churches of Roudnicky (Raudnick) and Svádov (Schwaden) near Ústí nad Labem (Aussig)

Quote

What the bronze made possible in terms of accuracy in depicting the electors and their wives in the grave place of the Wettins in Freiberg Cathedral , the sandstone in the hands of master Hornung achieved with the more than life-size statues of the large Bünau family as if by magic. Never again has succeeded in reproducing skin, hair, iron and fabric qualities so precisely in Saxon sandstone. "

(Joachim Menzhausen: Kulturlandschaft Sachsen. A millennium of history and art. Amsterdam, Dresden 1999, pp. 124–125)

literature

  • Schwarm-Tomisch, Elisabeth: Pirna sculptures around 1600. An investigation into the visual arts and theology in the work of the Schwencke and Hörnig families of sculptors. - Dissertation, Christian-Albrechts-Universität Kiel 1996.
  • Ullmann, Dieter: The sculptor Lorenz Hörnig from Apolda. Apoldaer Heimat 31 (2013), pp. 42–46.

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personal data
SURNAME Horny, Lorenz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH 1577
PLACE OF BIRTH Apolda
DATE OF DEATH March 12, 1624
Place of death Pirna