Peter from the race

Reliquary of St. Wojciech from 1662

Reliquary of St. Stanisław for the Wawel Cathedral in Krakow

Peter from the race (* 4. September 1607 in Gdansk ; † 9. August 1669 ) was a German goldsmith from Gdansk, who now outstanding primarily for its two plants in the Gniezno Cathedral and the Wawel Cathedral in Krakow is known .

Life

His father Reinhard von der Rennen (* approx. 1565 in Linn ) emigrated to Danzig, where he became a master goldsmith in 1592 . His son and student Peter grew up in the city republic of Danzig, where he was strongly influenced by the stone and sculptor Wilhelm Richter , received his master craftsman's certificate as a goldsmith in 1636 and became a citizen in 1648 . He was best known for his two greatest works in the Arch-Cathedral of Gniezno and the Wawel Cathedral in Krakow . He made a significant contribution to the flourishing Gdańsk handicrafts at the end of the 17th century.

Works (selection)

• 1640/44: Sediles in silver work for the Warmia Cathedral Chapter in the Cathedral of the Assumption of Mary and St. Andreas Frombork ( melted down during the Second Northern War )
• 1646: oval silver bowl depicting Alexander the Great and the High Priest of Jerusalem for the Danzig Council; was owned by Baron Schenk von Tautenburg in Doba until 1953
• 1660/62: silver castrum doloris : reliquary of St. Wojciech in the Arch-Cathedral of Gniezno ; Restored in 1987 after theft
• 1669: silver castrum doloris: reliquary of St. Stanisław in the Wawel Cathedral in Krakow

literature

• Jacek Kriegseisen : Srebrny serwis stołowy króla Michała Korybuta Wiśniowieckiego. Przyczynki do biografii i twórczości gdańskiego złotnika Petera von der Rennena (The Silver Table Service of King Michał Korybut Wisniowiecki. Contributions to the Biography and Creative Work of the Gdańsk Goldsmith Peter von der Rennen), in: Zamek Królewski na Wawelu (King's Castle on the Wawel), pp. 177–188, Studia Waweliana 2002/03, ISSN  1230-3275 (Polish, English)
• Thieme-Becker: General Lexicon of the Visual Artists. Volume 28: Ramsden Pink. P. 167. EA Seemann publisher. Leipzig 1934. Anastatic reprint by F. Ullmann GmbH. Zwickau 1953.

Individual evidence

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