Matthias Wallbaum
Last Supper of Jesus ( Visitante Church , Warsaw.)
Matthias Wallbaum , also Mathäus Wallbaum or Walbaum (* around 1554 in Kiel , † January 10, 1632 in Augsburg ) was a German goldsmith .
Wallbaum received his first training in Lübeck since 1569 . From 1579 his work in Augsburg is documented. In 1590 he became a master goldsmith. Since 1610 he was one of those artisans who worked on the production of the Pomeranian art cupboard, for which he designed a group of muses on Mount Parnassus . In addition, he created a Diana on a deer in the form of drinking games in some variations . He also made house altars as well as writing and toilet boxes in ebony and silver .
literature
- Marc Rosenberg : Wallbaum, Mathäus . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 40, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1896, p. 731.
- Löwe, Reginas: The Augsburg goldsmith's workshop of Matthias Walbaum (research notebooks , edited by Bavarian National Museum Munich I). Munich-Berlin 1975.
Web links
- Hannelore Müller: Wallbaum, Matthäus , in the Augsburger Stadtlexikon
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wallbaum, Matthias |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Wallbaum, Mathäus; Walbaum, Matthias |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German goldsmith |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1554 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kiel |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 10, 1632 |
| Place of death | augsburg |