Friedrich Herlin

Friedrich Herlin Friedrich Herlein (* 1430 in Rothenburg ob der Tauber; ? † 1500 in Nördlingen ) was an old German painter.

Life

Herlin was in Rothenburg ob der Tauber worked, lived from 1459 in Nördlingen, received in 1467 in Nördlingen the Civil Rights and died there around 1500. Herlin was the father of the influential painter Ulmer Bartholomew Zeitblom. An inscription on the wings of the former high altar of the church of St. George in Nördlingen suggests that Herlin came from Rothenburg ob der Tauber. The family name is detectable in the first half of the 15th century in Rothenburg in any case.

Works

His main works are certified in Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Nördlingen and Bopfingen to find.

  • The wings of the high altar in the church Jakob in Rothenburg ob der Tauber, with scenes from the life of Mary ( 1466 )
  • Two altar wings ( Herlin altar ) with the Nativity and the Adoration of the Magi in the Church of St. Blasius in Bopfingen ( 1472 )
  • Three altar wings with the Nativity, the Adoration of the Magi and the Circumcision in the St. Boniface Church in Emmen things ( 1473 )
  • The donated by Herlin Triptych with the Madonna, St. George ( the patron saint Nördlinger ), St. Luke, St. Margaret and the portraits of the founding family in the town church of Nördlingen. On the tables is shown below: Annunciation to Mary, Visitation, Nativity, Circumcision of Jesus, the Child Adoration of the Magi, Presentation in the Temple The Flight into Egypt and The Zwöfjährige Jesus in the temple. The prophet Isaiah and John the Baptist are shown on the side walls of the altar.

Hochaltarretabel of St. George in Nördlingen, right wing outside, scene: Jacob Fuchs Arts wife and his daughters

Meal of the Compostela pilgrims

Rothenburg's market square in 1466 as an image background on the wing of the High Altar of St. Jakob in Rothenburg ob der Tauber

Art -historical classification

Herlin shows himself a follower of Roger van der Weyden, with whom he whose style he has probably learned and gives the upper Germans, but without arriving at an independent expression. Herlin is at the transition from the medieval gold ground representations to a new realistic representation, which emanated from the Dutch painting.

For art and cultural history interesting, amusing for viewers, is the reading with glasses Apostle Peter.

St. James's Church, Rothenburg ob der Tauber Emmendingen Visitation (Christianity) Rogier van der Weyden Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie Neue Deutsche Biographie Integrated Authority File
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