Master of the Eichstätter cathedral high altar

Master of the Eichstätter cathedral high altar: Shrine figures of the high altar in Eichstätt, 15th century

As a master of Eichstätter Domhochaltars will carver called, probably 1470-1480 five figures of the middle shrine of the high altar in the cathedral at Eichstätt has created. The very realistic, larger-than-life figures are considered to be an important work of South German late Gothic . They represent a Madonna on the crescent moon , surrounded by the patrons of the diocese of Eichstätt , Saint Richard and Saints Walburga , Willibald and Wunibald .

The figures of the master of the Eichstätter cathedral high altar were recast several times , in their present combination they were inserted into a neo-Gothic triptych in 1884 . The other medieval parts that were put together for this high altar are very likely by a different sculptor.

In addition to the figures of the cathedral high altar, the master of the Eichstätter cathedral high altar is also attributed the figure of Walburga from the crypt altar of St. Walburg in Eichstätt and a few other works such as four saints from a dismantled chapel that can be found today in the Marienkirche in Treuchtlingen .

It was suggested that the master described as a “brilliantly talented sculptor” is identical to Hans Bildschnitzer (or Hanns Pildschnitzer ), an artist who has been documented several times in Eichstätt since 1485. However, this remains controversial. The figures of the master of the Eichstätter cathedral high altar are stylistically in the same tradition as the works of Hans Multscher or Niclas Gerhaert van Leyden . The master shows a realistic conception of sculpture, as it was the style of the work of the other two sculptors.

literature

• Joseph Schlecht : On the art history of the city of Eichstätt. Eichstätt 1888, p. 25 ( digitized version ).
• Felix Mader : The master of the Eichstätter cathedral altar (Hans Bildschnitzer). In: The Christian Art . 9, 1912/1913, pp. 213-238 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
• Hans, carver a. Painter . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 19 : Ingouville – Kauffungen . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1926, p. 45 .
• Max Hasse : Master of the Eichstätter cathedral high 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, p. 86 .
• Matthias Bunge:  Master of the Eichstätter cathedral high altar. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 16, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1990, ISBN 3-428-00197-4 , p. 710 f. ( Digitized version ).

Web links

• Cathedral tour - high altar cathedral to Eichstätt (bistum-eichstaett.de)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Interior - side altar Marienkirche Treuchtlingen (marienkirche-treuchtlingen.de).
2. ↑ Felix Mader: The master of the Eichstätter cathedral altar (Hans Bildschnitzer). In: The Christian Art. 9, 1912/1913, pp. 213-238.
3. ^ Sven Hauschke: Bildschnitzer, Hans . In: General Artist Lexicon . The visual artists of all times and peoples (AKL). Volume 11, Saur, Munich a. a. 1995, ISBN 3-598-22751-5 , p. 9. speaks out against identity.