Lux Maurus

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Detail of the birth of Christ from a winged altar by Lux Maurus, Kempten, around 1520

Lux Maurus (* around 1470 in Kempten ; † 16th century ) was a sculptor from the Allgäu .

Life

Lux Maurus was the offspring of a Kempten family. 1493-built it on behalf of Maximilian I , the grave plate of red Verona marble for the Battle of Calliano fallen Venetian condottiere Roberto Sanseverino d'Aragona, which in the Cathedral of Trent is located. The grave slab of Prince Bishop of Trento Johannes Hinderbach , which is in the Diocesan Museum of Trento and was created shortly afterwards, is also attributed to him . From 1515 to 1527 he lived and worked actively in Kempten. It is proven that he was registered as a guild master from 1521 to 1523 . Another work he made dates back to 1503 and is located in the Bad Grönenbach collegiate church of St. Philipp and Jakob .

Further works by him can be seen in the Bavarian National Museum , in Wangen im Allgäu or the Alpenländische Galerie in Kempten. The Allgäu Museum , which is located in the Kemptener Kornhaus, contains works by him that were originally displayed in the Wildpoldsried church.

Other representatives of sculpture from his family are Endras and Jakob Maurus .

Web links

Commons : Lux Maurus  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Nicolò Rasmo : Storia dell'arte in Trentino. Nicolò Rasmo, Trient 1982 pp. 119, 124
  2. ↑ a b c Anna Köhl, Ralf Lienert: Creative Minds. Streets and their namesake in Kempten . Tobias Dannheimer publishing house, Kempten (Allgäu) 2007, ISBN 978-3-88881-056-5 , p. 54 f .
personal data
SURNAME Maurus, Lux
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH around 1470
PLACE OF BIRTH Kempten (Allgäu)
DATE OF DEATH 16th Century