Matthew Crocinus

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Crocinus: Inside of the Bautzen Petridom . Oil on copper, around 1641

Matthäus Crocinus (* 1580 in Schlan ; † January 4, 1654 in Budissin ) was a German painter.

The Bohemian painter Matthäus Crocinus was one of the numerous exiles who left the fatherland because of the religious conditions and looked for a new home. From 1637 the artist lived and worked in Budissin in East Saxony . Since the livelihood could not be covered by contract work for the city council, Crocinus bought a beer yard in Kesselgasse and thus obtained the right to brew beer.

His biography can mainly be found on the gravestone in the diving cemetery :

Gravestone with the painter's coat of arms on the diving cemetery in Bautzen

“Here in God the Ehrenveste and art-rich Mr. Matthaeus Crocinus citizen and Mahler in Budissin / which anno 1583. in the Königl. Creyß-Stadt Schlahn in Böheim was born to Christian parents; and then by sending God into the holy wedlock Anno 1613. with the merciful / much honor and virtue virgins Magdalenen / the weyland honor vests / honorable and well-loved Mr. Simon Bloffsky Raths-relatives alda married daughter / lived with her in marriage 50 Year / 6th month / and 9th days; and with her she gives birth to 11th children / as 6th sons and 5th daughters / of which one son / and two daughters in life / the others differ in God. Anno 1653. fell asleep in God on February 22nd / his age 73rd year and fatal weeks. [...] "

There are, however, inconsistencies with the information in the church register. The church book states that Crocinus buried his wife on November 23, 1653 in the diving cemetery, and almost six weeks later, on January 4, 1654, the painter was laid to rest by her side. Both sources report unanimously "at the age of 73 years", so the indication of the year of birth 1583 and the date of death 22 February 1653 on the tombstone are just as much an error as the marriage in 1613. According to this, only 40 years of marriage would have passed in 1653, so 1603 would have been more likely into consideration, which is more obvious given the birth of the first daughter Dorothea in 1604.

Unlike his colleagues in Budissin, Matthäus Crocinus only worked as a painter, other works such as B. Renewals of paint or gilding cannot be proven by him. His son Augustinus Crocinus continued the father's workshop until 1671. Ordinary painting work can be found in the council bills, no paintings by him are known.

Works (selection)

  • Portrait of Elector Johann Georg I, 1637, oil on canvas, 102 × 126 cm (C. Gurlitt, p. 345)
  • View of the city of Bautzen before the city fire in 1620, 1637/38, oil on canvas, 390 × 144 cm
  • Bautzen city fire 1634, 1637/38, oil on canvas, 44 × 140 cm
  • Interior view of St. Petridom, 1641, oil on copper, 58 × 51.5 cm (C. Gurlitt, p. 20)
  • Ecce Homo, 1641, oil on canvas, 90 × 137 cm (C. Gurlitt, p. 19)
  • 6 Bautzen mayor pictures, 1644/45, oil on copper (C. Gurlitt, p. 347–350)

literature

  • Johann Christoph Wagner: Budissin grave and memorial meals . Budissin: Richter, 1697 University Library Halle
  • Cornelius Gurlitt : Descriptive representation of the older architectural and art monuments of the Kingdom of Saxony . Vol. 33: Bautzen-Stadt, Dresden 1909 SLUB Dresden
  • Thieme / Becker: General artist lexicon . Volume 8, Leipzig 1913, p. 142 books.google.com (US proxy)
  • Paul Bruger : Michael Sporer, Mattheus Crocinus, Sigismund Heinrich Kauderbach and other Bautzen painters up to the end of the 17th century . In: Bautzener Geschichtshefte (BGH) 1, Bautzen: Weller, 1915, pp. 28–63, here 43–50

Web links

Commons : Matthäus Crocinus  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ According to a comment in the council bills of 1641. Bruger, BGH 1, p. 44
  2. ↑ Johann Zeißig (husband of the eldest daughter Dorothea) followed as owner of the beer yard, who then bequeathed it to his son Georg in 1674. The house was destroyed in the town fire in 1686. Bruger, BGH 1, p. 44, footnote 43
  3. ^ Wagner, p. 60, No. 101 UB Halle
  4. ↑ Bruger, BGH 1, p. 44 f.
  5. ^ Wagner, p. 61, No. 103 UB Halle
  6. ↑ Bruger, BGH 1, p. 50 ff.
personal data
SURNAME Crocinus, Matthew
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German painter
DATE OF BIRTH 1580
PLACE OF BIRTH Slim
DATE OF DEATH 4th January 1654
Place of death Budissin