Hans Leonhard Schäufelein

Hans ( Leonhard ) Schaufelin (also Schäufelein, Schäuffelein, Scheifelen, Scheuflin ) (c. 1480/1485 probably in Nuremberg, † 1538 or 1540 in Nördlingen ) was a German painter, printmaker, particularly wood -cutters and book illustrator Dürer time with the artist signs of shovel. Its often services mentioned above second first name Leonhard is not occupied.

He reached is above all known for his numerous woodcuts, which he partly on behalf of Emperor Maximilian I made ​​( Theuerdank, Weißkunig ).

Life

Little is known about the first two decades of life of Hans Schaufelin. 1503 to 1507 he worked in the workshop of Albrecht Dürer in Nuremberg. His first independent and major work of painting on canvas, The Flight into Egypt, dates from 1504 and is heavily influenced by Dürer, whose three main disciples alongside Hans Baldung, called Grien and Hans von Kulmbach he belonged, and he in whose artistic successor stood. 1505 Schaufelin was already gone so far in his paintings skills that he got the job that started by Albrecht Dürer Passion altar to the Elector Frederick III. (Saxony), the ways to accomplish while Dürer began his second trip to Italy. In the same year the rosenkrantz mariae was decided in Nuremberg The cooks printed, the work of Ulrich Pinder to the Schaufelin 337 woodcuts has contributed and which was not least due to its famed woodcuts; for Pinder's later work Speculum domini nostri passionis Jesus Christ ( 1519) he created 29 woodcuts.

1507-08 was Hans Schaufelin in the service of Hans Holbein the Elder in Augsburg, where he found his own, detached from Dürer style. This is evident in his Last Supper ( 1515) for the cathedral in Ulm and Mary and Passion altar which he created for the church of the monastery in 1537 resolved Auhausen.

His walks as a journeyman led him to Tyrol and Augsburg. In 1515 he became painter to the town of Nördlingen, where he worked until his death.

1515 Schaufelin citizens of Nördlingen. For the local town hall, he created a large fresco in the same year. To Schäufelins late works belong to the so-called Ziegler- altar and the Christian Gartner Altar (1521 or 1525). 1510-1516 he also created some woodcuts for Emperor Maximilian I..

1535 Schaufelin created a card game that is today regarded as one of the highlights of playing cards of the 16th century.

At the age of about 55 years, Hans Leonhard Schäuffelein probably died between 1538 and 1540 in Nördlingen.

His son Hans was also a painter, settled in Fribourg in Switzerland.

Works (selection)

Schäufeleins art is completely under the influence of Dürer, his drawing and his color but often fall into the mechanical part, and its characteristic suffers from exaggeration. His extensive body of work includes over 50 altars and panel paintings, 1214 woodcuts and about 80 drawings, designs for stained glass windows and a series of write-ups.

• The Flight into Egypt, 1504.
• Adoration of the Magi, by 1504-1505; Wood, 51 × 37 cm. Innsbruck, Tyrolean Provincial Museum
• Farewell Christ from his mother, 1506; Wood, 45 × 17 cm.
• Portrait of a Young Man, 1507; Wood, 41 × 32 cm. Warsaw, Muzeum Narodowe.
• Supper, 1511; Wood, 79 × 106 cm. Berlin, Gemäldegalerie ( Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation ).
• Bearded Man, 1511; Wood, 31 × 20 cm. Kreuzlingen ( Switzerland ), Heinz Kisters Coll.
• Beardless man, 1511; Wood, 31 × 20 cm. Kreuzlingen ( Switzerland ), Heinz Kisters Coll.
• Coronation of the Virgin ( altarpiece ), 1513th Auhausen, Parish Church (former Abbey Church ).
• The victorious defense of the city of Bethulia against Holofernes ( with the story of Judith and Holofernes ), 1515; Mural. Nördlingen, City Hall, Federal exchange.
• Supper, 1515; Wood, 129 × 176 cm. Ulm Münster.
• Altarpiece with the Lamentation of Christ. Nördlingen, St. George's Church.
• Polyptych, 1521. Tübingen, Collegiate Church of St. George
• Assumption of the Virgin, 1521. Nördlingen, Town Hall.
• Christ as Man of Sorrows, 1522; Wood, 140 × 135 cm. Nördlingen city museum.
• Adoration of the Lamb, 1538; Wood, 96 × 154 cm. Berlin, Gemäldegalerie ( Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation ).

He also has many drawings for the woodcuts delivered, including 118 sheets for Theuerdank and a passion in 35 sheets ( 1507).