Peter Riedlinger

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Peter Riedlinger (* around 1556 ; † 1635 in Esslingen am Neckar ) was a Württemberg painter who spent most of his life in Esslingen and created most of his works there.

Life

Peter Riedlinger worked as a painter's journeyman on the construction of the palace in Neuburg an der Donau from 1574 . In 1585 he came to Tübingen and - although he was by now certainly a respected painter - he continued to work as a journeyman. He wanted to settle in Tübingen as a town painter and submitted a recommendation from the Princely Court Councilor of Neuburg to Duke Ludwig von Württemberg . Since the application was rejected anyway, he went to the imperial city of Esslingen, where he was registered as a citizen and town painter in 1586.

There was no shortage of orders in Esslingen. In 1590 he was planned by Hans Steiner to work on the painting of the new Lusthaus in Stuttgart, where he was to take over the Stromberg Forest. He obviously took part in the planning work, because on July 2, 1590, together with other masters involved, he signed a petition regarding the payment for the hunting pieces. However, he was no longer involved in the execution work, as he apparently got an interesting assignment for him in Esslingen.

The altarpiece in the Dionysius Church in Esslingen deserves special mention among his few surviving works . In this church he later worked on other objects, such as B. at the pulpit. In 1611 he painted a Passion of Christ at Mettinger Tor as well as the coat of arms of the emperor and the city.

More famous works

  • 1604 painting of the high altar of the Dionysius Church in Esslingen

Notes and individual references

  1. ↑ a b Werner Fleischhauer: The beginnings ... , p. 168
  2. ↑ Otherwise he would not have received a recommendation from the Princely Councilor.
  3. ^ The Neuburger Hofrat decided on the recommendation during the meeting on December 16, 1585. (Hans Rott: Sources and Research ... , p. 254)
  4. ↑ Werner Fleischhauer: The beginnings ... , p. 207
  5. ↑ Werner Fleischhauer: The paintings ... , p. 318

literature

  • Werner Fleischhauer : Renaissance in the Duchy of Württemberg , Stuttgart: Kohlhammer 1971
  • Werner Fleischhauer: The beginnings of the Tübingen university portrait collection - a contribution to the history of painting of the late Renaissance in the Duchy of Württemberg . In: Werner Fleischhauer u. a .: New contributions to the history of the south-west of Germany. Festschrift for Max Miller , Stuttgart: Kohlhammer 1962, pp. 197–216
  • Hans Rott : Sources and research on southwest German and Swiss art history in the XV. and XVI. Century. II, Old Swabia and Imperial Cities , Stuttgart: Strecker and Schröder 1934
  • Werner Fleischhauer: The paintings in the Stuttgart Lusthaus . In: Württemberg past , commemorative publication of the Württemberg history and antiquity association for the Stuttgart conference of the entire association of German history and antiquity associations in September 1932, Stuttgart: Kohlhammer 1932, pp. 305–333


personal data
SURNAME Riedlinger, Peter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Württemberg painter
DATE OF BIRTH around 1556
DATE OF DEATH 1635
Place of death Esslingen am Neckar