Master of Ottobeuren
With Master of Ottobeuren is an unnamed clearly Nominated carver of the period of referred to the first decades of the 16th century, late Gothic period and the transition to the Renaissance . It is named after his most important work, an altar retable that is now only preserved in fragments. He had created the work for the Benedictine abbey church in Ottobeuren .
Art historical research is still investigating whether the works assigned to Master von Ottobeuren all come from himself or from his workshop, or whether other workshops can be found in them. Research has also not yet been able to achieve a uniform assessment of whether - as is often considered likely - parts of the work assigned to the master von Ottobeuren should be assigned to the sculptor Hans Thoman, which can be proven in Memmingen, or at least to his environment.
Individual evidence
- ↑ cf. z. BFM Kammel: News about the Memmingen carver Hans Thoman - The reconstruction of a masterpiece . In: Kulturgut - From the research of the Germanisches Nationalmuseum. 3rd quarter 2006, issue 10
- ↑ so G. Otto: The Memmingen sculptor Hans Thoman . In: Memminger Geschichtsblätter magazine of Heimatpflege Memmingen eV 1965
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| SURNAME | Master of Ottobeuren |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German carver |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 15th century or 16th century |
| DATE OF DEATH | 16th Century |