Niklaus von Hagenau

Sankt Antonius Eremita (New York, The Cloisters)

Sculptures on the third face of the Isenheim Altarpiece (Colmar, Unterlinden Museum)

Niklas Zimmerlin called Niklaus von Hagenau (also: Niclas Hagenauer, Niklaus Hagenauer, Niclas Hagnower, Niklaus Hagnower, Niclas von Hagenau, Nicolas de Haguenau * around 1445/60; † before 1538) was an Alsatian carver of the late Gothic period .

life and work

Little is known about Niklaus' life. He became a citizen of Strasbourg in 1493 and had two brothers, Veit (Guy) and Paul, who are said to have assisted him in his work. Around 1500 he created his only secured work in Strasbourg, the high altar of the Strasbourg cathedral, of which only remains have survived. In Colmar, the shrine and the sculptures in the middle part of the third face (but not the predella ) of the Isenheim Altarpiece (around 1500/05) are ascribed to him; the paintings of the altar wings were done by Matthias Grünewald around 1510/15. The designs for the altar shrine were probably made by Martin Schongauer (around 1450–1491), as various engravings by him prove.

Works

High altar of the Strasbourg Cathedral (around 1500), wood (destroyed in 1682, remains in the Musée de l'Œuvre Notre-Dame )
Altar shrine, Saint Anthony with Saints Augustine and Hieronymus (around 1500), linden wood, Colmar , Musée Unterlinden
Saint Antonius Eremita (around 1500), walnut wood, height approx. 114 cm, New York , The Cloisters

literature

Peter Barnet, Nancy Wu: The Cloisters. Medieval Art and Architecture. Metropolitan Museum of Art et al., New York NY et al. 2005, ISBN 1-588-39176-0 .
Ingeborg Krummer-Schroth: Hagenauer, Nikolaus. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 7, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1966, ISBN 3-428-00188-5 , p. 484 f. ( Digitized version ).
Axel Schenck: Artist Lexicon. Biographies of the great painters, sculptors and builders. Volume 1: Hans von Aachen - Filippino Lippi. (= Rororo manual 6165). Rowohlt, Reinbek near Hamburg 1973.
Max Seidel : The Isenheim Altarpiece by Mathis Grünewald. Special edition. Belser, Stuttgart et al. 1990, ISBN 3-7630-1249-4 .

Web links

Commons : Niklaus von Hagenau - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Biography of Niklaus von Hagenau (French)
Biography of Niklaus von Hagenau (English)

Individual evidence

↑ The signature of a "S. Beichel ”, see: Piero Bianconi (Ed.): L'opera completa di Grünewald (= Classici dell'arte. Vol. 58, ZDB -ID 1117369-5 ). Rizzoli, Milan 1972.
^ Stefan Dürre: Seemanns Lexikon der Skulptur . EA Seemann Verlag, Leipzig 2007, ISBN 978-3-86502-101-4 , pp. 176 .

personal data
SURNAME	Niklaus von Hagenau
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Niclas Hagenauer; Niklaus Hagenauer; Niclas Hagnower; Niklaus Hagnower; Niclas von Hagenau
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Alsatian carver of the late Gothic period
DATE OF BIRTH	around 1450
DATE OF DEATH	before 1538

[1] The signature of a "S. Beichel ”, see: Piero Bianconi (Ed.): L'opera completa di Grünewald (= Classici dell'arte. Vol. 58, ZDB -ID 1117369-5 ). Rizzoli, Milan 1972.

[2] Stefan Dürre: Seemanns Lexikon der Skulptur . EA Seemann Verlag, Leipzig 2007, ISBN 978-3-86502-101-4 , pp. 176 .