Vitus gloves

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Former glove shop in Eichstätt
Figure of St. Martin on the facade of the Eichstätter Spitalkirche

Vitus Handschuher , also: Hand (t) schucher (* 1672 ; † December 22, 1703 in Eichstätt ), was a Baroque sculptor in Eichstätt.

life and work

He was probably born in Rain am Lech as the eldest of five children of the Eichstatter sculptor and mayor Christian Handschuher , who came from the Dachau region , and his wife Anna Regina († April 3, 1686). He was probably trained by his father; in any case, he worked in his workshop, in which a large number of baroque statues were created. There are only a few archival records of who created which work. It has been proven that the facade figure of St. Martin at the Eichstätter Spitalkirche and the version of the high altar of this church (around 1700/1703); a little later he died of a “febri maligno”, a malignant fever .

literature

  • Felix Mader (editor): The art monuments of Middle Franconia. I City of Eichstätt . Munich: R. Oldenbourg Verlag 1924, reprint 1981, p. 310f.
  • A. Beichele: Eichstätts artist . In: Heimgarten 25 (1954) ff.
  • Max Gruber: Sculptors who worked in the Dachau region until 1800 . In: Amperland 18 (1982), pp. 253-256, especially p. 254
  • Hugo A. Braun: The hospital church of the Holy Spirit in Eichstätt . In: Heilig-Geist-Spital Eichstätt. Eichstätt: Stadt Eichstätt 1978, pp. 71–80, especially p. 76
personal data
SURNAME Gloves, Vitus
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Handkerchiefs; Towels
BRIEF DESCRIPTION sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH 1672
DATE OF DEATH December 22, 1703
Place of death Eichstatt