Ulrich Wagner (blacksmith)
Ulrich Wagner († 1485 in Freiburg i.Üe. ) was a Swiss watchmaker and art locksmith . Originally from Munich , he was granted citizenship of the city of Freiburg in Üechtland on April 1, 1465 . From 1468 to 1485 he was also a member of the Freiburg Council of Two Hundred .
life and work
Between 1464 and 1466 Ulrich Wagner made the choir grille for the Freiburg Cathedral of St. Nicholas . The wrought iron lattice in the late Gothic style is considered to be his main work and is described in the art monuments of Switzerland as the “most beautiful of its era”.
In 1472 Wagner repaired a clock in the Auquartier , and in 1475 he made one for the steeple of the Freiburg city church. In 1477 he also repaired the city's 44 cannons . In 1480 he is said to have made a new clock for the Jacquemart Gate (demolished in 1853) . According to the city's accounts, the Ulrich Wagner mentioned there came from Basel , so it may be just a namesake.
Ulrich Wagner was married and a member of the blacksmiths guild .
The iron hand
Ulrich Wagner made an iron prosthesis in 1476 for the municipal gunsmith Ulrich Wyss, who had lost his hand in an accident, for which he received 11 guilders or 22 pounds . The bill of the city council of Freiburg is the oldest documented mention of such an iron hand :
"Item a maistre Ůlrich Wagner maistre facteur dez reloges pour una main quil a fait a Ůlrich maistre dez boitez ordonne par Messeigneurs ou luef de celle quil persist ou service de la ville en faisant les keygel 11 fl. = 22 lib."
It is probably the right hand prosthesis exhibited today in the Museum of Art and History Freiburg ( Musée d'art et d'histoire Friborg ) with the inventory number MAHF 7611 . After the death of its bearer it would have come into the possession of the city that it had commissioned.
In this art, the four fingers (except for the thumb) are combined into a single finger block that can be moved in the base joint . This design is similar to other early Iron Hands such as the First Hand from Florence . The prosthesis consists of several riveted or screwed iron sheets as well as the internal pawl mechanism and weighs 340 g, with the dorsal housing part missing as well as an arm cuff used for attachment, such as the one obtained from the Altruppin hand .
literature
- Raoul Blanchard: The Gothic choir lattice of the cathedral in Freiburg. In: Freiburger Volkskalender. 1994, pp. 185-190.
- Raoul Blanchard: Ulrich Wagner: Eiserne Kunsthand (1476). Pages of the MKGF, 2000-2, Freiburg i. Üe. 2000.
- Marianne role: Ulrich Wagner. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . 2014 .
Web links
- The iron hand on the website of the Museum of Art and History Freiburg ( Figure 1 , Figure 2 )
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e f g h Raoul Blanchard: Ulrich Wagner: eiserne Kunsthand (1476).
- ↑ Marcel Strub: Les monuments d'art et d'histoire du canton de Friborg. Tome II: La Ville de Friborg. (= The art monuments of Switzerland , vol. 36) Birkhäuser, Basel 1956, p. 94 f.
- ^ Marianne Rolle: Ulrich Wagner. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . July 2, 2012 , accessed July 1, 2019 .
- ↑ “Cette grille est la plus belle de toutes celles de l'époque…”. Marcel Strub: Les monuments d'art et d'histoire du canton de Friborg. Tome II. P. 94.
- ↑ The Jacquemart Gate on frima1606.com
- ↑ Marcel Strub: Les monuments d'art et d'histoire du canton de Friborg. Tome I: La Ville de Friborg - Introduction, Plan de la Ville, Fortifications, Promenades, Ponts, Fontaines et Edifices Publics. (= Die Kunstdenkmäler der Schweiz , vol. 50) Birkhäuser, Basel 1964, p. 125.
- ^ Daniel Schmutz, Benedikt Zäch: Gulden. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . March 13, 2007 , accessed July 1, 2019 .
- ↑ a b Wagner Ulrich, main artificielle ( memento from November 29, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) at the E-Collection MAHF
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wagner, Ulrich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss watchmaker and art locksmith |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 14th century or 15th century |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1485 |
| Place of death | Freiburg in Üechtland |