Wilhelm Stetter

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Wilhelm Stetter (* 1487 in Strasbourg ; † 1552 ibid) was a Catholic religious priest and painter of the late Middle Ages and the early Renaissance in Alsace .

Ecce homo (1521)
Christ laying the tomb (1536)
Christ appears to Mary Magdalene

About 25 paintings were initially grouped under the emergency name Master WS with the Maltese Cross , according to a list of works from 1741. The painter of these pictures could subsequently be identified as Wilhelm Stetter .

Wilhelm Stetter entered the Order of St. John in Strasbourg in 1509 and was ordained in Basel in 1512 . His pictures are signed with WS and a Maltese cross. Many works, including probably his first from 1513, were probably commissioned for the order. In addition to his work as a priest and religious, he was not only a painter, but also custodian of the numerous art treasures of his order in Strasbourg since entering the order and remained there in the order until his death.

As a painter, Wilhelm Stetter was first committed to the late medieval Danube School until his style was then influenced by the painting of Hans Baldung Grien . Then an influence of the painting of the Renaissance becomes noticeable.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ W. Hugelshofer : The master WS with the Maltese cross. An Alsace-Lorraine painter of the Baldung period . In: Oberrheinische Kunst 4, 1929/30, pp. 48–55.
  2. ^ Jean Rott: Le maitre WS a la croix de Malte, Wilhelm Stetter
  3. ↑ EM Zafran: Wilhelm Stetter's "Adoration of the Magi" and a Consideration of Stetter's Painting
  4. ^ S. Lüken: The Annunciation to Maria in the 15th and early 16th centuries . Göttingen 2000, p. 189

literature

  • Wilhelm Stetter . In: Art Encyclopedia. The Concise Grove Dictionary of Art , Oxford 2002 (online edition)
  • M. Zafran: Wilhelm Stetter's "Adoration of the Magi" and a Consideration of Stetter's Painting . In: "The Journal of the Walters Art Gallery" 46, 1988, pp. 99-108
  • Victor Beyer: Wilhelm Stetter . In: Nouveau dictionnaire de biographie alsacienne , vol. 36, p. 3762
  • Jean Rott: Le maître WS à la croix de Malte, Wilhelm Stetter . In: "Revue d'Alsace", 91 (1952), pp. 112-119

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personal data
SURNAME Stetter, Wilhelm
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Catholic religious priest and painter of the late Middle Ages and the early Renaissance in Alsace
DATE OF BIRTH 1487
PLACE OF BIRTH Strasbourg
DATE OF DEATH 1552
Place of death Strasbourg