Vischer (family)
The Vischer family was a family of artists from Nuremberg who became known for their casting work.
Hermann Vischer the Elder founded a foundry in 1453 as a citizen of Nuremberg. The artist family Vischer includes the son Peter Vischer the Elder with his sons Hermann , Hans and Peter . The family worked for three generations until the middle of the 16th century.
They made numerous metal tombs for well-known personalities, including the prince-bishops of Bamberg and Würzburg and local canons . Other clients were the Counts of Henneberg . Works for the Schaumberg are u. a. in Lichtenfels . The depicted relatives and church dignitaries include family members of the Seckendorff , Giech , Förtsch von Thurnau , Redwitz , Bibra and Guttenberg families . In Krakow , tombs were created in the Wawel Cathedral and St. Mary's Church .
literature
- Karl Sitzmann : Artist and craftsman in Eastern Franconia (= Die Plassenburg. Vol. 12, ZDB -ID 504385-2 ). Friends of Plassenburg, Kulmbach 1957, p. 159.
- Dorothea Diemer: Vischer. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 26, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 2016, ISBN 978-3-428-11207-5 , pp. 827-830 ( digitized version ).
