Melchior Baumgartner
Melchior Baumgartner (born December 25, 1621 in Augsburg ; † 1686 there ) was a German cabinet maker ( Kistler ).
Life
Melchior Baumgartner was the son of Ulrich Baumgartner , the best cabinet maker from Augsburg of his time. He continued his father's workshop, which specialized in the manufacture of art cabinets ( called desks in his day ) in collaboration with other artisans.
Older art-historical research doubted the existence of Melchior Baumgartner, as works were historically assigned to him that were clearly made by his father. Oscar Doering (1858–1936) interpreted the name in the Thieme-Becker entry as a misspelling of Ulrich Baumgartner's name by Paul von Stetten . Von Stetten had attributed to him the art cabinet, which was given to King Gustav II Adolf (Sweden) as a gift from the city of Augsburg in 1632 and is now in the Gustavianum Museum in Uppsala , which could not be correct. It was not until 1975 that Georg Himmelheber proved its existence and was able to clearly identify works.
Since May 8, 1656 he was married to Maria, geb. Wegeler.
Works
- 1646/55: Art cabinet with lapis lazuli plates for Electress Maria Anna , Bavarian National Museum
- around 1650: Cabinet with ivory veneer, Victoria and Albert Museum
- 1650: Cabinet with pietra dura inlays, 2006 for the collection of the Prince of Liechtenstein acquired
- around 1650: Cabinet with Pietra dura inlays, Royal Collection, Rosenborg Castle
- 1655/59: Cabinet with ivory veneer (workshop work), Metropolitan Museum of Art
- 1655: Art cabinet with silver enamel plates, Bavarian National Museum
- 1659: Cabinet with Pietra dura inlays, Güstrow Castle
- 1659: Chessboard for Duke August II (Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel)
- 1664: Casket with rock crystal, reused in 1740 for a music box, Royal Collection , Windsor Castle
- around 1650: Cabinet with ivory veneer, auctioned at Christie's in 2007
- Cabinet with ivory veneer ( perimeter ), Wunderkammer, Me Collectors Room Berlin
- Covered box made of wood and ivory, 2011 in the art trade
Art cabinet for Electress Maria Anna , Bavarian National Museum
Cabinet in Güstrow Castle
literature
- Georg Himmelträger : Ulrich and Melchior Baumgartner. In: Pantheon. 33, No. 2, 1975, ISSN 0031-0999 , pp. 113-120.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ " Arguably the greatest Augsburg cabinetmaker of the period. ”In: Masterpieces of the J. Paul Getty Museum: Decorative Arts. Getty Publications 1997, ISBN 0-89236-454-8 , p. 45 books.google.com
- ^ Oskar Doering: Baumgartner, Melchior → Baumgartner, Ulrich . In: Ulrich Thieme , Felix Becker (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists from Antiquity to the Present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker. tape 3 : Bassano – Bickham . Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig 1909, p. 85-86 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
- ↑ det augsburgska konstskåpet multimedia presentation.
- ↑ Georg Himmel HEIFER : Ulrich and Melchior Baumgartner. In: Pantheon. 33, 1975, pp. 113-120.
- ^ Cabinet of Electress Maria Anna, widow of Elector Maximilian I of Bavaria
- ^ Table cabinet
- ↑ Melchior Baumgartner Cabinet
- ↑ Jewel cabinet
- ↑ cabinetry by the workshop of Melchior Baumgartner
- ^ Clock, organ and mahogany case, c. 1740
- ↑ Auction catalog
- ↑ Kunstkammer Georg Laue Munich: Courtly Lidded Box - Melchior Baumgartner (1621-1686) attributed ( Memento of the original from June 4, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Baumgartner, Melchior |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German cabinet maker (Kistler) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 25, 1621 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | augsburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1686 |
| Place of death | augsburg |