Hans Bocksberger der Ältere

Hans Bock the Elder Berger (* 1510 in Mondsee, Archbishopric Salzburg, † 1561 in Salzburg, also Bock Untersperger ) was a painter of the period of the High Renaissance.

Life

Hans Bocksberger was ( most likely) the son of Ulrich Bocksberger ( † before 1546) and his wife Anna. The father Ulrich Bocksberger work is largely unknown. Well as a single work 1518 created images to the back of the altar for the church of St. Blaise in Abtenau, representing the story of St. Blaise, of which the inscription Hoc opus pinxit Utalricus Pocksberger Lunelacensis ( " created this work are U ( ta) lrich Bocksberger from Mondsee " ) testifies.

(Formerly called common Johann B. ) The apprenticeship of senior Berger Hans Bock is little known. He may have learned the basics of painting with his father and has more teaching and traveling years spent in Italy, at least he had a detailed knowledge of the then Italian style elements. 1542 married Hans Bocksberger his wife Margaret, who died before 1579. Hans Bocksberger left with his death in 1561 a pre- literate child named Anna, and eight minor children (ie under the age of 24 years ): Hans Bocksberger the Younger, Henry, George, Sabine, Catharina, Elizabeth, Margaret and Lucia (the latter was when her father died still toddler or infant ). His style has both German elements as used Albrecht Dürer, as well as elements of the Italian Renaissance and Mannerism.

His son Hans Bocksberger the Younger ( * 1539 in Salzburg, † 1587 in Maastricht ) and his cousin Melchior Bocksberger (* 1537, † 1585/87 ) both learned with Hans Bock the Elder Berger. her Malhandwerk.

The works of Hans Bock the Elder Berger

• The frescoes Bock Bergers in the Protestant chapel at Neuburg: The chapel in Neuburg an der Donau (built 1537-1545 ) is since 1542 the world's oldest used only in the Protestant rite sacred room, which was painted in 1543 by the Protestants declared Bocksberger. The murals were painted over in the decades after 1600 and exposed only in the years 1933 to 1950 again. The cycle of images is unique in the history of the Protestant church building. It shows especially those scenes from the Old Testament, which are closely related to the Reformation, and start in the image of the Creation of Eve and the Fall. The following are the ten plagues of Pharaoh and images of human violations of the commandments of Moses. The other images show as a total composition of Christ 's death on the cross, baptism and communion. The ceiling picture of the chapel is a fresco of the Ascension of Christ.
• Frescoes in several halls of residence City Landshut (around 1542/1543 ) ( ground floor, Italian Hall, Apollo Rooms, Chapel passage ). In the Septemberlünette (hunting scene with heron ) is found here, the second oldest city View of city of Salzburg.

Attributed to him are the following works:

• Buonconsiglio in Trento with an old view of the city of Salzburg
• Knight's Hall in Goldegg Castle ( 1536), together with other painters
• Painting work in Hradcany in Prague ( 1548)
• Participation in the paint work for the altarpieces of Veit Cathedral in Prague
• Frescoes in Freisaal Castle ( 1558 ), which, inter alia, the collection of Archbishop Michael of Kuenburg represent in the City of the Year 1554
• Grotesque in two window frames in the " high stick " of Hohensalzburg Fortress
• In addition, he created probably Oil Painting ( Portrait King Ferdinand I - Museum SMCA ) and drawings ( Blood Sport - Graphic Arts Collection of the Albertina ).