Matthäus Heinrich Vetten

High altar in the Magni Church by Jenner and Vetten

Matthäus Heinrich Vetten (* in Braunschweig probably; † unknown) was a German sculptor and carver of the baroque in Braunschweig.

Life

Von Vetten is known to have worked as a journeyman in the Braunschweig workshop of the important sculptor Anton Detlev Jenner . After Jenner's death on June 26, 1732, he continued to run the business and work on the high altar of the Magni Church , and on November 11, 1732, he married Jenner's widow. This happened so quickly that the ducal consistory had to be asked for permission. In addition to a daughter, the marriage resulted in a son Anton Georg, who had to be buried for free in 1752 because the father, who was obliged to pay, had either left the city or the family. Vetten may have gone bankrupt in 1745, because a "Matheus Heinrich Vetten" is mentioned in the Braunschweig advertisements in October 1745 in connection with bankruptcy proceedings . His wife died in 1771.

Works

On the high altar of the Magnikirche in Braunschweig, it is not possible to determine which works are by Jenner and which by Vetten. Based on the distribution of the monetary payments made, it is assumed that more than half of the sculptures were created by Vetten. Two other works by Vetten are attested: the tomb of the Brunswick Duke Ludwig Rudolf († March 1, 1735) and his wife Christine Luise († November 12, 1747), which originally stood in the Brunswick Cathedral, and also the crucified Christ on the sarcophagus the tin coffins of the duke couple. The second work is the high altar of the Riddagshausen monastery church . The carved wood work has two floors, with two floors of different heights with Corinthian columns. On the lower floor there is the relief of the Last Supper and on the upper floor the crucified Christ between Mary and John. Two evangelists rest on each floor on the entablature. The Evangelists are Vetten's most successful work, otherwise Vetten's performance cannot compete with Jenner's.

literature

Matthäus Heinrich Vetten. In: Paul Jonas Meier : The sculptor's handicrafts in the city of Braunschweig since the Reformation (= work pieces from the museum, archive and library of the city of Braunschweig. Volume VIII). Appelhans, Braunschweig 1936, pp. 106-107 ( publikationsserver.tu-braunschweig.de ).
Vetten, Matthäus Heinrich . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 34 : Urliens – Vzal . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1940, p. 315 .

Individual evidence

^ PJ Meier: The sculptor's handicrafts in the city of Braunschweig since the Reformation. P. 106 ( publikationsserver.tu-braunschweig.de ).
^ Braunschweig announcements: official government and announcement sheet . History Association, Braunschweig 1745, V. Judgments and notices in foreign litigation matters - c. Bey princely for the abolition of the Concurs-Processe self-decreed commission ..., p. 1565 ( books.google.de ).

personal data
SURNAME	Vetten, Matthäus Heinrich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Vetten, Heinrich Matthias
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German sculptor and carver
DATE OF BIRTH	before 1732
PLACE OF BIRTH	uncertain: Braunschweig
DATE OF DEATH	after 1735

[1] PJ Meier: The sculptor's handicrafts in the city of Braunschweig since the Reformation. P. 106 ( publikationsserver.tu-braunschweig.de ).

[2] Braunschweig announcements: official government and announcement sheet . History Association, Braunschweig 1745, V. Judgments and notices in foreign litigation matters - c. Bey princely for the abolition of the Concurs-Processe self-decreed commission ..., p. 1565 ( books.google.de ).