Sebastian Haupt (artist)

High altar of the Mariahilfer Church in Vienna

Sebastian Haupt , also Sebastian haubt called (* around 1710 in Memmingen , † 5. March 1760 in Vienna ) was an Austrian carpenter (Kistler) Ebenist and artisans .

Life

Sebastian Haupt was born around 1710 in Memmingen, Upper Swabia . He married in Vienna in 1740. The design for the high altar in the Mariahilfer Church in Vienna comes from him. Jacob Matthias Schmutzer made the copperplate engraving in Royalfolio. Based on this design, a model was first made by Johann Joseph Resler around 1757/58 . The Salzburg stonemason Jakob Mösel built the altar out of marble with minor changes. Another design for a high altar (1759) in the parish church of Oberlaa comes from him. Philipp Gütl made the corresponding copperplate engraving.

Haupt died on March 5, 1760 in Vienna.

literature

Haupt, Sebastian . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 16 : Hansen – Heubach . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1923.
Wolfgang Czerny, Ingrid Kastel: The art monuments of Austria (= Dehio manual . Volume 2 : Vienna. II. To IX. and XX. District ). A. Schroll, Vienna 1993, ISBN 3-7031-0680-8 .

Web links

Bavarian National Museum Object database: Model for the high altar of the Mariahilfer Church in Vienna
The chancel on oberlaa.com

Individual evidence

^ Albert Ilg: Johann Indau's Viennese architecture book from 1686 . In: Reports and communications from the Antiquities Association in Vienna . tape 24 . Carl Gerold & Sohn, Vienna 1856, p. 8 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
↑ Albert Ilg: Notes - Church images in the vicinity of Vienna . In: Monthly newspaper of the Alterthums-Verein zu Wien . tape 4: 1893-1895 . Verlag des Alterthums-Verein, Vienna 1886, p. 131 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).

personal data
SURNAME	Haupt, Sebastian
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Haubt, Sebastian
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Austrian altar maker, carpenter and artisan
DATE OF BIRTH	around 1710
PLACE OF BIRTH	Memmingen
DATE OF DEATH	March 5, 1760
Place of death	Vienna

[1] Albert Ilg: Johann Indau's Viennese architecture book from 1686 . In: Reports and communications from the Antiquities Association in Vienna . tape 24 . Carl Gerold & Sohn, Vienna 1856, p. 8 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).

[2] Albert Ilg: Notes - Church images in the vicinity of Vienna . In: Monthly newspaper of the Alterthums-Verein zu Wien . tape 4: 1893-1895 . Verlag des Alterthums-Verein, Vienna 1886, p. 131 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).