Ulrich Apt the Elder
Ulrich Apt the Elder (* around 1460 in Augsburg ; † 1532 ibid) was a German painter who had worked as an independent master in Augsburg since 1481.
Life
His father was probably Peter Apt, who is mentioned as a painter in the Augsburg handicraft book in 1460.
On behalf of the Augsburg patrician Martin Weiß, Ulrich Apt made a winged altar for the collegiate church of the Holy Cross , on the left wing of which the birth of Christ is depicted (today trimmed in Windsor Castle ) and on the right the adoration of the child (today in the Louvre , Paris) .
In 1516 it commissioned the Council of the City of Augsburg along with other masters at City Hall to paint family portraits and scenes of war for the glory of the Imperial Family who have not survived. Some portraits can be ascribed to him, such as two male half-length portraits that are now in the Anhaltische Gemäldegalerie Dessau and in the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna.
Ulrich Apt the elder must have had a thriving workshop in which his sons Ulrich , Jakob and Michael also worked.
Works
- 1491: Fresco of St. Christopher in Augsburg Cathedral
- 1495/96: pilgrimage church St. Afra im Felde , participation in the furnishing (not preserved)
- 1509: Painting of a winged altar for the Moritzkirche in Augsburg (not preserved)
literature
- Margarete Braun-Ronsdorf: Apt, Ulrich the Elder. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 1, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1953, ISBN 3-428-00182-6 , p. 331 f. ( Digitized version ).
Web links
- Literature by and about Ulrich Apt d. Ä. in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Apt, Ulrich, the elder |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Abbot, Ulrich; Abbot, Ulrich; Appt, Ulrich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1460 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | augsburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1532 |
| Place of death | augsburg |