Master of the Altar of Zeigerheim
With master of pointers Heimer altar (also sometimes pointer Heimer Master ), the carver referred back to the 15th century, the Gothic carved in the village church of hands Home in Rudolstadt has created. The artist, unknown by name, created a figure of Mary surrounded by 12 figures of saints. Among them is Sankt Urban , patron saint of viticulture, who is still practiced in the area today.
The master of the Zeigerheim Altarpiece is sometimes assigned to a school in Saalfeld , in which some of the carvers who were working at the same time as him around 1490 in the area of today's Saalfeld-Rudolstadt district are grouped.
Works (selection)
- Zeigerheimer Altar , winged altar, Zeigerheim, village church.
- Large altar of Mary, originally from the Marienkapelle of the former Saalfeld Benedictine monastery, Saalfeld , city museum.
- Staggered altar. Volkstedt , church (attributed).
literature
- Gotthold Sobe: The Zeigerheim Altarpiece. In: Rudolstädter Heimathefte. Vol. 1, Issue 9/10, 1955, ISSN 0485-5884 , pp. 254 f.
Individual evidence
- ↑ cf. z. B. Georg Dehio : Handbook of the German art monuments . Volume 1: Central Germany. 2nd Edition. Ernst Wasmuth A.-G., Berlin 1914, p. 195.
Web links
- Picture of the Zeigerheim Altarpiece (private photo by S. Harnisch, accessed December 2009)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Master of the Altar of Zeigerheim |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Zeigerheim master, master of the Zeigerheim altar |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | medieval picture carver |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 14th century or 15th century |
| DATE OF DEATH | 15th century or 16th century |