Master of the Freiberg Cathedral Apostles
A sculptor who was probably active around 1500 is known as the master of the Freiberg Cathedral Apostles . The artist is not known for certain by name and got his emergency name after four apostle figures that he made for the Freiberg Cathedral in Saxony. He may be identical to the carver Philipp Koch, who can be traced back to between 1470 and 1536. From this z. B. also the smelter altar in the Freiberg Petrikirche .
Sculptures in Freiberg Cathedral
The late Gothic apostle figures are carved from wood, painted in multiple colors and partly gilded. They represent Matthew (?), Philip , Paul and James the Younger (?).
The other similar figures in the apostle row there are said to come from his workshop. There is also a sculpture of Christophorus with the Christ Child and a sculpture of the Lamentation of Christ that can be found today in the Freiberg City and Mining Museum . They were created between 1515 and 1520.
Works (selection)
- St. Dorothea, sculpture on the left wing of the altar, 1521. Evangelical Nikolaikirche , Oberbobritzsch
- St. Nicholas, from Freiberg Cathedral, around 1490 (attributed)
literature
- Hans Burkhardt: Philipp Koch in Annaberg. A contribution about the life and work of the "Master of the Freiberg Cathedral Apostles". In: Sächsische Heimatblätter , 19/1973, pp. 82–86.
- Detlev Arens and others: DuMont art travel guide 100 × Germany: The 100 most important cultural monuments. Ostfildern 2008, p. 35f.
- Walter Fellmann: DuMont Art Travel Guide Saxony: Culture and landscape between Vogtland and Upper Lusatia, Leipzig lowlands and the Ore Mountains. Ostfildern 2012, p. 362.
- Herbert Pforr: Freiberg: City on silver ground. Erfurt 2012, p. 68.
- Konrad Auerbach and others: Baedeker travel guide Saxony. Ostfildern 2014, p. 336.
Web links
- Works by the master of the Freiberg cathedral apostles in the picture index of art and architecture
- Works by the Master of the Freiberg Cathedral Apostles in the German Digital Library
- Two works by the master of the Freiberg Cathedral Apostles in the database on sculpture in Central Germany from the late Gothic to the early Baroque ( Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg )
Individual evidence
- ↑ The church building - melt altar. On the website of the parishes Petri-Nikolai and St. Johannis zu Freiberg, accessed on September 27, 2014.
- ^ Walter Fellmann: DuMont Art Travel Guide Saxony: Culture and landscape between Vogtland and Upper Lusatia, Leipzig lowlands and the Ore Mountains. Ostfildern 2012, p. 362.
- ↑ picture index
- ↑ Restored in 2012. See restorations. In: Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden - Annual Report 2012. p. 60 ( p. 62/112 in PDF ( Memento of the original from September 24, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and Archive link according to instructions and then remove this note .; 5.2 MB).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Master of the Freiberg Cathedral Apostles |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Koch, Philipp |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | late Gothic carver |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 15th century |
| DATE OF DEATH | 16th Century |