Ludwig Refinger

Horatius Cocles holds back the enemy troops of the Etruscan king Porsenna from the city of Rome

Ludwig Refinger (* 1510, † 1549 in Munich ) was a German painter of the Renaissance .

Life

Nothing is known about its origin, Ingolstadt or Röfingen are believed to be the place of birth . A year of birth cannot be precisely determined either, assumptions range from 1505 to 1515.

From 1528 he learned to paint in the workshop of Wolfgang Muelich in Munich, together with Barthel Beham and Hans Mielich . He then worked in Munich and Landshut .

After Barthel Beham died in 1540, Ludwig Refinger married his widow and adopted the children. From this marriage three more children were born. After Ludwig's death, the widow married again, this time the humanist Simon Schaidenreisser . Two of Ludwig's children - Bartelme (presumably an adopted son from his wife's first marriage) colored the large map of Bavaria by Philipp Apian , and Karl , who was active in Burghausen - also became painters.

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He worked alongside Albrecht Altdorfer , Jörg Breu , Melchior Feselen and others on a history cycle with 16 paintings for Duke Wilhelm IV , including Horatius Cocles holding the enemy troops of the Etruscan king Porsenna back from the city of Rome and Manlius Torquatus' victory after the duel with his works to the Gauls .

From 1540 to 1543 he worked for Duke Ludwig X. in the Landshut city residence , where he made a number of frescoes and stained glass. There he painted, among other things, the frescoes in the Star Room and a series of pictures with motifs similar to those from the history cycle of Wilhelm IV ( Marcus Curtius , Horatius Cocles ).

• The family of Duke Wilhelm IV of Bavaria ( Berchtesgaden , Royal Castle ), around 1530
• Horatius Cocles holds back the enemy troops of the Etruscan king Porsenna from the city of Rome ( Stockholm , Swedish National Museum , inv. No. NM 294), around 1538, 161 × 116 cm
• Victory of Manlius Torquatus after a duel with the Gaul ( Stockholm , Swedish National Museum , inv. No. NM 296), around 1540, 160 × 109 cm
• Marcus Curtius sacrifices himself for the Roman people ( Munich , Alte Pinakothek , Inv. No. 687), 1540, 162.4 × 109.1 cm
• Horatius Cocles defends the Tiber Bridge ( Landshut , city ​​residence , corner room 21), 1542, fresco
• Sacrificial death of Marcus Curtius ( Landshut , city ​​residence , corner room 14), 1542, fresco
• The torture of St. Lawrence ( Paris , Louvre , inv. No. 18977), pen drawing on paper

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  Horatius Cocles holds back the enemy troops of the Etruscan king Porsenna from the city of Rome , around 1538, Swedish National Museum in Stockholm , inv. No. NM 294

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  Victory of Manlius Torquatus after a duel with the Gauls , around 1540, Swedish National Museum in Stockholm , inv. No. NM 296

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  Marcus Curtius sacrifices himself for the Roman people , 1540, Alte Pinakothek in Munich , inv. No. 687

literature

• Edmund Schilling : Drawings by Ludwig Refinger. In: Münchner Jahrbuch der bildenden Kunst 5, 1954, pp. 131–141
• Gabriele Blankenagel: Studies on Ludwig Refinger. Dissertation Munich 1973.
• Rudolf Vierhaus (ed.): Refinger, Ludwig . In: Deutsche Biographische Enzyklopädie , Volume 8. 2nd edition. Saur, Munich 2007, ISBN 978-3-598-25038-5 , p. 238.

Web links

Commons : Ludwig Refinger  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Proof ( Memento of the original from January 21, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at www.artothek.de 
2. ↑ Inv. No. NM 294 in the catalog of the Swedish National Museum
3. ↑ Inv. No. NM 296 in the catalog of the Swedish National Museum
4. ↑ Inv. No. 687 in the collection of the Alte Pinakothek in Munich
5. ↑ Proof in the database for the reception of antiquity / art at the KU Eichstätt
6. ↑ Proof in the database for the reception of antiquity / art at the KU Eichstätt
7. ↑ Inv. No. 18977 in the “Joconde” catalog of French museums