Master of the Biberach clan

The master of the Biberach clan (active 1st third of the 16th century) was one of the most important German carvers of the Dürer period .

The master of the Biberacher clan is a carver of the South German School whose name is no longer known today . It got its emergency name from a relief of the Jesus family for the parish church of Biberach an der Riss , which is now in the Dominican Museum in Rottweil . The formal language of his works is somewhat reminiscent of the works of Hans Daucher and the Augsburg School , which makes training in this area likely. He was probably active in Augsburg , Biberach and perhaps also Ulm .

Studies published by Hans Rott in 1933 attempted to identify the master of the Biberach clan with the sculptor Michael Zeynsler from Memmingen . The thesis was initially well received, but is viewed with great skepticism by modern research. In 1952/53 Gertrud Otto presented her research results on the master’s oeuvre , which certified that he had an extensive work. This list is viewed with great skepticism by researchers today, since the listed works do not result in a homogeneous whole and especially the assigned works of the middle and late period do not achieve the quality of the generally recognized works.

Works

Generally recognized works

• Berlin, Sculpture Collection and Museum of Byzantine Art
  • Saint Sebastian. around 1515
• Munich, Bavarian National Museum
  • Mary from your coronation of the Blessed Mother. around 1515 - 1520
  • Anna herself the third. around 1520
• New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art
  • Saint Roch. around 1515
• Rottweil, Dominican Museum
  • The holy clan.
• Whereabouts unknown
  • Anna Selbdritt (most recently in a Biberach private collection)

Controversial works (selection)

• Biberach, Braith Mali Museum
  • Saint Martin and the beggar. around 1500
• Düsseldorf, art museum
  • Kneeling founder with children. around 1510

literature

• Master of the Biberach clan . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 37 : Master with emergency names and monogramists . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1950, p. 46 .
• Hartmut Krohm in: Régine Bonnefoit, Hartmut Krohm (Hrsg.): Sculptures of the Gothic and Renaissance. The former collection of the Justice Council Dr. Gerhart Bollert. National Museums in Berlin - Prussian Cultural Heritage, Berlin 2000, ISBN 3-88609-441-3 , p. 46.

supporting documents

1. ↑ Hans Rott: Sources and research on Southwest German and Swiss art history in the 15th and 16th centuries. Volume 1: Lake Constance area. Strecker & Schröder, Stuttgart 1933.
2. ↑ Gertrud Otto: The sculptor Michael Zeynsler. In: Memminger Geschichtsblätter. Annual issue 1952/1953, ISSN  0539-2896 , pp. 6-10.
3. ↑ photo .

Web links

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