Hans Leinberger
Hans Leinberger, also Lemberger (c. 1475/1480, † 1531 or a little later ) was a sculptor of the late Gothic period in Old Bavaria and one of the most important sculptor and carver of his time. Leinberger worked in wood, metal and stone.
Origin and life history
About Birthplace and artistic origin is - contrary to recent opinion research - nothing is known, and even after his settlement in Landshut in 1510 ( first mention ) are only a few documents about Leinberger artistic work before. Even the exact location is unknown workshop in the final years of work.
Since 1516, works were created for Duke Ludwig X, the IV resided since that time in Landshut as co-regent Duke William in Lower Bavaria. Military pay 1529/30 indicate a position comparable towards a court artist.
You may be Hans Leinberger or " Lemberger " a brother of the painter and graphic artist Georg Lemberger.
To the the Upper Rhine ( Breisach ) active carver HL ( Master HL), which has operated as a graphic designer, there are - as Theodor Demmler 1914 recognized - no artistic relationships.
Creation
Leinberger's fame today lies primarily with the 1514 completed high altar of Kastulusmünsters in Moosburg an der Isar, the largest surviving altarpiece Old Bavaria, which of course in the late 18th century a radical transformation of the Landshut sculptor Christian Jorhan the Elder. has learned. For the first time Leinberger is setting the Concept of Luke Madonna - a painted half-length image of the Virgin and Child, which is said to have created the Evangelist Luke - into three dimensions and full-length to and forms at the same time taking recourse to the art of the beautiful style a visual language of incomparable powerful effect.
According to the inscription dated 1513 Anna- Selbdritt - reliefs in the church of St. John in the valley of grace grace valley monastery have coped in Ingolstadt has the sculptor at that time a large volume of orders. Entrusting the bronze statue of Count Albrecht IV of Habsburg at the tomb of Emperor Maximilian in Innsbruck's Hofkirche in 1514 - the drawing supplied Albrecht Dürer - can appreciate the high reputation of the artist. With the former Madonna of the Rosary of St. Martin in Landshut (around 1516/18? ) And the seated figure of a Saint. Jodok for the second parish church of the city ( around 1525 and today: Munich, Bavarian National Museum, Inv 15/114 ) achieved Leinberger at the turn of the third decade the height of his creative powers. The altar figures of the former high altar of the Church of Our Lady in polling - only the enthroned Mother of God (Kloster Polling) and the Man of Sorrows ( Weilheim, City Museum, inv B 165) were preserved - are the last archival testified works of the sculptor.
Leinberger's work exerted a today only tentatively reclaimed influence on his contemporaries. In the eastern Bavaria, the so-called master of Altöttinger doors unfolded in his succession a lively workshop activity. For decades, drew the sculptor Peter Dell the Elder. , An apprentice Tilman Riemenschneider, from the impressions gained in Landshut.
Other works
- Berlin, Sculpture Collection - National Museums of Prussian Cultural Heritage (Bode - Museum ): " Bronze Madonna" ( Inv. No. 381 ); Christ in Distress ( Inv. No. 8347 ); Deposition and Lamentation of Christ ( Inv. Nos. 5941 and M 63. ); Baptism of Christ ( Inv. No. 3026 )
- Erding, St. Johann, rood 1525
- Landshut, cath. Parish Church of St Nikola: Christ in the catch
- Munich, Bavarian National Museum: The Crucifixion ( Inv. No. R 171 ); hl. Maria Magdalena ( Inv. No. 13/303 ); Enthroned Madonna with Child ( Inv. No. 24/311 ); grieving Maria ( Inv. No. MA 4241 )
- Regensburg, Stiftspfarrkirche San Cassiano: Beautiful Maria
- Steinheim A.D. Murr Kleinbottwar, St. George's Church: triptych
- Schloss Ambras in Innsbruck, art and curiosities: Tödlein
- Straubing, St. Peter's Cemetery, Agnes - Bernauer Chapel: Epitaph of Johann Walk Heimer († 1529)