Master of the Dornstädter Altar
The master of the Dornstädter Altar is a Gothic carver who was active in southwest Germany at the beginning of the 15th century.
The artist , who is not known by name, is named after the shrine of the Dornstädter Altar that he created around 1420 , the oldest preserved carved altar from Swabia. The altar is now in the Württemberg State Museum in Stuttgart. The shrine shows Mary between Saints Barbara and Catherine . The figures are assigned to the beautiful style , the style that dominated late Gothic sculpture around 1400 in the whole of western Europe. The Madonna figure on the Dornstadt Altar also shows its typical depiction of flowing clothes and gentle faces.
The figures on the Dornstädter Altar show a resemblance to some stone figures in the west facade of the Ulm Minster ; Therefore it was suggested that the master of the Dornstädter Altar could be identical to Master Hartmann , who created these figures and who ran his own workshop in Ulm around 1420.
A few other figures are assigned to the master of the Dornstädter Altar , such as a protective coat Madonna in the art collection Lorenzkapelle of the city of Rottweil .
literature
- Theodor Demmler : The sculptures of the Deutsches Museum. Volume 3: The sculptures in wood, stone and clay: large sculptures. de Gruyter, Leipzig / Berlin 1930, p. 86.
- Master of the Dornstädter Altar . 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.
- Grand piano retable. In: Real Lexicon on German Art History . Volume 9: ridge crowning - wing retable. CH Beck, Munich 2003, column 1494.
- Master of the Dornstädter Altar. In: Berend Wispelwey: Biographical Index of the Middle Ages. Saur, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-598-35437-3 , p. 317.
Individual evidence
- ^ Württembergisches Landesmuseum Stuttgart (ed.): Art in the Old Castle. Stuttgart 1998, catalog no. 69; Claudia Lichte, Heribert Meurer: Württemberg State Museum. The medieval sculptures. Volume 2: Stone and wood sculptures 1400–1530. Ulm and southern Swabia. Ostfildern 2007, catalog no. 10.
- ↑ Landesmuseum Württemberg, Stuttgart, inventory no. 1916-14230.
- ^ Württembergisches Landesmuseum Stuttgart (Ed.): Art in the Old Castle. Stuttgart 1998, catalog no. 69.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Master of the Dornstädter Altar |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Master Hartmann |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German sculptor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 14th century or 15th century |
| DATE OF DEATH | 15th century |