Ludolf Witte

Ludolf Witte (* unknown; † 1649 or 1650 in Hanover ) was a German sculptor of the Renaissance .

Life

Grave stele for Jeremias Sutel in the old St. Nikolai cemetery

Witte was a student of the stonemason and sculptor Jeremias Sutel and the teacher of Peter Köster . He worked in the Hanover area from 1631 to 1649. He was not only the link between two of the most important Hanoverian sculptors, but also a master of his subject himself. Only the grave stele for Jeremias Sutel in the St. Nikolai cemetery in Hanover remains of his work . According to Carl Schuchhardt , it bears - in addition to the inscription - the master's mark Ludolf Wittes: "LM"

A photo of a gravestone of Heinrich Crusius († 1648) created by Witte is printed in the Hannoversche Geschichtsbl Blätter Neuesequence, Volume 12 from 1959, page 298.

In 1632 he went into business for himself and bought a house in the Köblingerstraßenviertel on Dammstraße in Hanover, where a Harmen Lichtenberger had previously lived. He lived here until 1649. On October 23, 1632, he married Catharina (née Hagen, † 1667). The couple had a son Hermann Matthias Witte (born February 2, 1634) and a daughter Ilse Heidewig, who married Nicolaus Finger on August 15, 1653. His wife stayed in the house after his death. For the year 1650 it is recorded as Ludolf Witten W [itwe].

Works (selection)

• 1631: Grave stele for Jeremias Sutel
• 1632: Grave slab and gable top of Joachimlesenberg, pastor (Wunstorf collegiate church)
• Probably 1632: Grave slab and gable top for Elsa Ludwig, wife of Joachimlesenberg (Wunstorf Abbey)
• 1636: Wall painting of Mintha Paxmann (Kreuzkirche)
• 1640: Grave slab for Pastor David Meier (Marktkirche)
• 1642: Grave slab of Hans von Wintheim (Hall St. Nikolai)
• 1648: Grave slab for the three children of Erich von Wintheim (attributed to the Nikolaikapelle)
• 1642: Coat of arms stone of Johann Duve and his wife [Elisabeth Kolvenrott] (Duvesches Almhaus)
• 1649: Coat of arms of the Ho [e] kenamt

literature

• Witte, Ludolf . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 36 : Wilhelmy-Zyzywi . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1947, p. 129 .
• Hugo Thielen : Witte, (1) Ludolf. In: Dirk Böttcher , Klaus Mlynek, Waldemar R. Röhrbein, Hugo Thielen: Hannoversches Biographisches Lexikon . From the beginning to the present. Schlütersche, Hannover 2002, ISBN 3-87706-706-9 , p. 392.
• Hugo Thielen: Witte, (1) Ludolf. In: Klaus Mlynek, Waldemar R. Röhrbein (eds.) U. a .: City Lexicon Hanover . From the beginning to the present. Schlütersche, Hannover 2009, ISBN 978-3-89993-662-9 , p. 682.
• Karl Schuchardt: Master Ludolf Witte LW . In: The Hanoverian sculptors of the Renaissance . Hahnsche Buchhandlung, Hanover 1909, p. 102–110 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
• Sabine Wehking: DI 36, No. 299/1631 . urn : nbn: de: 0238-di036g006k0029901 ( inschriften.net ).

Web links

Commons : Ludolf Witte  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Sutelstele (picture 15)
2. ↑ Sabine Wehking : DI 36, No. 299/1631 . urn : nbn: de: 0238-di036g006k0029901 ( inschriften.net ).
3. ↑ HannoverscheGeschichtsblätter Neue Reihe, Volume 12, 1959 ( Memento from December 23, 2007 in the web archive archive.today )
4. ^ Carl Schuchardt: Master Ludolf Witte LW . In: The Hanoverian sculptors of the Renaissance . Hahnsche Buchhandlung, Hanover 1909, p. 102-103 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
5. ↑ Sabine Wehking : DI 36, City of Hanover, No. 332 † . urn : nbn: de: 0238-di036g006k0033207 ( inschriften.net ).