Master of Berghofen

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Master of Berghofen (Hans Strigel the Elder?), Berghofer Altar, Allgäu 1438
Adoration of the Magi (fragment), around 1445, limewood, formerly colored; Ulm Museum

The medieval carver who created the shrine figures of the Berghofer Altar is sometimes referred to as the Master of Berghofen . The Gothic winged altar was donated around 1440 and can be found in the St. Leonhard Chapel in Berghofen, a district of Sonthofen in the Allgäu. In the center of the altar is the carved figure of Our Lady in a halo , around 1.20 meters high , surrounded by Saints Leonhard and Agatha.

The Berghofer Altar was probably commissioned from Hans Strigel the elder , who certainly painted the wings. Strigl, who worked in Memmingen , is a representative of the flowing soft style ; he painted with delicate colors, and although he is only known as a painter, the three carved figures in Berghofen were and are often regarded as his work. However, the choice of colors and folds of the figures are very different from other sculptures from the same period in the region and show a hardening of the soft style, so they are in all probability created by the master of Berghoifen as an independent artist. Strigel is said to have commissioned the woodwork of his altars to various specialized sculptors in the vicinity of the imperial cities of Memmingen and Ulm . The master from Berghofen is now part of the circle of Hans Multscher , a sculptor who came from the Allgäu and then ran an extensive and respected workshop in Ulm.

The master of Berghofen is attributed an Anna Selbdritt from 1460 in the St. Anna Church in Vils near Pfronten in the Allgäu, as well as a Madonna and Child Enthroned, which is shown in the National Gallery in Prague .

literature

  • Bernhard evening: Allgäu (= Baedeker Allianz travel guide. ). Baedeker, Ostfildern 2008, ISBN 978-3-8297-1161-6 .
  • Max Spindler (founder): Handbook of Bavarian history. Volume 3: Franconia, Swabia, Upper Palatinate up to the end of the 18th century. Volume 2: History of Swabia up to the end of the 18th century. Newly published by Andreas Kraus . 3rd, revised edition. Beck, Munich 2001, ISBN 3-406-39452-3 .
  • Wilhelm Sahner: The St. Leonhard Church, Berghofen (Pf. Sonthofen diocese Augsburg). 4th edition. Self-published, Gelsenkirchen-Buer 1963.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Bernhard Abend: Allgäu. 2008, p. 59.
  2. ↑ Max Spindler (founder): Handbook of Bavarian History. Volume 3: Franconia, Swabia, Upper Palatinate up to the end of the 18th century. Volume 2: History of Swabia up to the end of the 18th century. Newly published by Andreas Kraus. 3rd, revised edition. 2001, p. 763.
  3. ↑ Madonna and Child Enthroned, Master of Berghofen. Retrieved September 27, 2019 .

Web links

  • Berghofen , near Sonthofen, Living the Future in Allgäu, official website of the city of Sonthofen, accessed April 2011
personal data
SURNAME Master of Berghofen
BRIEF DESCRIPTION medieval sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH 15th century
DATE OF DEATH 15th century or 16th century