Melchior Feselen
Melchior Feselen (* around 1495 probably in Passau ; † April 10, 1538 in Ingolstadt ) was a German painter .
Live and act
Feselen worked in Passau and Ingolstadt, where he died on April 10, 1538. He was educated after Albrecht Altdorfer , executed his paintings very diligently, but could not free himself from a certain stiffness.
The Alte Pinakothek in Munich keeps from him the siege of Rome by Porsenna ( story of Cloelia , 1529) and the conquest of Alesia by Caesar ( siege of the city of Alesia , 1533), which were painted for Duke Wilhelm IV , the collection of the historical society at Regensburg a Maria Magdalena , the Germanisches Nationalmuseum an adoration of the three wise men .
literature
- Peter Strieder: Feselein, Melchior. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 5, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1961, ISBN 3-428-00186-9 , p. 102 f. ( Digitized version ).
- Wilhelm Adolf Schmidt: Feselen, Melchior . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 6, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1877, p. 723.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Feselen, Melchior |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1495 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Passau |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 10, 1538 |
| Place of death | Ingolstadt |