Melchior Barthel

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Portrait (lithograph from the artist gallery of Maximilian Franck 1818)

Melchior Barthel (* 10. December 1625 in Dresden , † 12. November 1672 ) was a German sculptor of the Baroque .

John the Baptist in the Santa Maria di Nazareth (Scalzi) Church in Venice
Figure in the Santi Giovanni e Paolo Church in Venice

Life

Melchior Barthel was born on December 10, 1625 in Dresden as the son of the Dresden sculptor Hieronimus Barthel . At the age of 15 he began an apprenticeship with his father, who however died shortly afterwards. After his death he looked around for a new teacher, whom he found in Johann Böhme in Schneeberg . In 1645 he began his wanderings , which led him to Regensburg to the sculptor Heinrich Wilhelm and later to Passau to the sculptor Johann Seitz , where he successfully completed his apprenticeship. The journey continued through Austria to Ulm . There he learned to work with ivory from the then famous David Helscher, also Heschler . Three years later he went to Rome , where he worked independently. After two years he left the city and turned to Venice . There he created in the period from 1665 to 1669 together with the architect Baldassare Longhena the tomb of Doge Giovanni Pesaro in the Frari Church , the four Altantes and the two interwoven allegories represented. This work is considered to be his main artistic work. Barthel lived and worked in Venice for 17 years. In 1670 he returned to Dresden and in the same year was appointed court sculptor at the Saxon court by Elector Johann Georg II . appointed. He brought two sculpture students, Paul Premsler and Elias Ränz, with him to Dresden. Another of his students was the sculptor Mathias Wenzel Jäckel , who later settled in Prague . Ränz became a sought-after sculptor in Bayreuth . Barthel's health deteriorated considerably and he died in Dresden on November 12, 1672.

Works (selection

  • 1652 statues of Peter and Paul at the Castell.
  • Statue of John the Baptist in the oratory of the Santa Maria di Nazareth church in Venice.
  • 1659–1669 the tomb of Lanzi in the Santi Giovanni e Paolo church in Venice.
  • Statue melancholy in the Santi Giovanni e Paolo church in Venice.
  • Tower of the Kreuzkirche in Dresden , was rebuilt in a modified form after the church was destroyed in 1760 by Gottlob August Hölzer .
  • 1670 sculptural work on the tower of the Kreuzkirche Dresden.
  • 1671, in addition to his larger Venetian sculptures, there are still numerous small, very skillfully executed ivory carvings by his hand, which are in the possession of the Green Vault in Dresden , among others .
  • 1672 from Marble crafted epitaph for the Chamberlains Christian Lorentz Adler's home in Leipzig , Nikolai Church .

literature

Web links

Commons : Melchior Barthel  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Monument to Doge Giovanni Pesaro by Longhena, Baldassare. In: Web Gallery of Art. Retrieved April 5, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Barthel, Melchior
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH December 10, 1625
PLACE OF BIRTH Dresden
DATE OF DEATH November 12, 1672
Place of death Dresden