Master of the Neuwerk Madonna

As a master of Neuwerk Madonna one is medieval sculptor called that around 1360 in Erfurt worked.

The artist , who is not known by name, is named after the sandstone figure of a Madonna that he created for a door pillar of the Neuwerkskirche in Erfurt. The 135 centimeter high figure can be found today in the Angermuseum in Erfurt. Furthermore, the master is said to have created the figure of St. Severus on a portal of the church. The master is influenced by the motifs and types of Rhenish sculpture of his time. According to some art historians, he was perhaps a student of the Erfurt master of the Severi sarcophagus or the sculptor Johann Gerhart , who made some sculptures in Erfurt's Severikirche . The master could also have immigrated from Marburg. The work of the master is an example of how the importance of Erfurt on the trade route from the Middle Rhine to Bohemia is expressed in art . Among other things, the city had received the trade fair privilege from the Emperor in 1331 and its location and wealth attracted important artists.

literature

Master of the Neuwerk Madonna . 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. 265 .
Master of Neuwerk Madonna. In: Berend Wispelwey: Biographical Index of the Middle Ages. Munich 2008, p. 801.

Individual evidence

^ Frank Matthias Kammel: Art in Erfurt, 1300-1360. Studies in sculpture and panel painting. Lukas-Verlag, Berlin 2000, ISBN 978-3-931836-24-5 , p. 230.
^ Alfred Overmann : The older art monuments of sculpture, painting and applied arts in the city of Erfurt. Gebrüder Richters Verlagsanstalt, Erfurt 1911, No. 46.
^ Frank Matthias Kammel : Art in Erfurt, 1300-1360. Studies in sculpture and panel painting. Lukas-Verlag, Berlin 2000, ISBN 978-3-931836-24-5 , p. 10 f.

personal data
SURNAME	Master of the Neuwerk Madonna
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Master of the Neuwerk Madonna
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH	14th Century
DATE OF DEATH	14th Century

[1] Frank Matthias Kammel: Art in Erfurt, 1300-1360. Studies in sculpture and panel painting. Lukas-Verlag, Berlin 2000, ISBN 978-3-931836-24-5 , p. 230.

[2] Alfred Overmann : The older art monuments of sculpture, painting and applied arts in the city of Erfurt. Gebrüder Richters Verlagsanstalt, Erfurt 1911, No. 46.

[3] Frank Matthias Kammel : Art in Erfurt, 1300-1360. Studies in sculpture and panel painting. Lukas-Verlag, Berlin 2000, ISBN 978-3-931836-24-5 , p. 10 f.