tom ring

tom Ring is the family name of a Westphalian family of artists who live and work in Münster .

• Ludger tom Ring the Elder (1496–1547), painter and printer, character Ⓛ - is considered the ancestor of the family
  • Hermann tom Ring (1521–1596), painter, sign H∘M
    • Ludger tom Ring (* 1554), painter
    • Nicolaus tom Ring (* 1564), painter
    • Hermann tom Ring d. J. (born 1566), goldsmith
    • Johann tom Ring (1571–1604), German painter
  • Ludger tom Ring the Younger (1522–1584), painter and printer
  • Heribert tom Ring (* 1524? / 1530–1593), probably Hermann's assistant

In the first decades of the 17th century, the news about Ludger's grandchildren disappeared.

literature

• Joseph Bernhard Nordhoff : The tom rings and the later painters of Westphalia. In: Archives for Church Art. Vol. 9, No. 10, 1885, ZDB -ID 1179124-x , pp. 73-75, No. 11, pp. 81-83, No. 12, pp. 89-91; Vol. 10, No. 1, 1886, pp. 2-6, No. 2, pp. 12-14, No. 3, pp. 19-22, No. 4. pp. 25-27, No. 5, Pp. 34-35, No. 6, pp. 43-47.
• Franz Weinitz :  Ring, tom (for) . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 28, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1889, p. 630 f.
• Theodor Riewerts , Paul Pieper : The painter tom ring. Ludger the Elder, Hermann, Ludger the Younger . Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich / Berlin 1955.
• Angelika Lorenz:  tom ring. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 21, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 2003, ISBN 3-428-11202-4 , p. 629 ( digitized version ).