Master of the Aachen Christophorus

As Master of the Aachen Christopher one is Westphalian sculptor and carver referred to the 1520 in the area around Osnabrück worked. The artist, who is not known by name, got his emergency name after the wooden figure of St. Christopher created by him , today in the Suermondt-Ludwig-Museum in Aachen . It is a 52 centimeter high figure made of oak wood and painted.

The master of the Aachener Christophorus was possibly an employee or assistant of the master of Osnabrück , to whom the wooden figure was first ascribed. Due to small differences in the execution of the figure compared to the other works of the master of Osnabrück , however, it was removed from his catalog of works and the master of the Aachener Christophorus was defined as an independent artist. By looking at the work of this master it should be possible to interpret and structure the development of late medieval sculpture in the Osnabrück area more precisely.

literature

Hans-Joachim Manske : The Master of Osnabrück. Osnabrück sculpture around 1500 (= Osnabrück historical sources and research. Vol. 21). Wenner, Osnabrück 1978, ISBN 3-87898-130-9 (also: Bonn, University, Philosophical Faculty, dissertation, 1974).

Individual evidence

^ Suermondt-Ludwig-Museum, Aachen, inventory no. SK 242. Hermann Schweitzer : The sculpture collection of the municipal Suermondt Museum in Aachen. Creutzer, Aachen 1910.

personal data
SURNAME	Master of the Aachen Christophorus
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Master of Osnabrück
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Westphalian sculptor and carver
DATE OF BIRTH	15th century
DATE OF DEATH	16th Century

[1] Suermondt-Ludwig-Museum, Aachen, inventory no. SK 242. Hermann Schweitzer : The sculpture collection of the municipal Suermondt Museum in Aachen. Creutzer, Aachen 1910.