Hermann tom Ring

Hermann tom Ring ( born January 2, 1521 Münster, † October 18, 1596 ) was a painter from the münsterländer family of artists tom Ring.

Life

Hermann tom Ring was born as the second son of Ludger tom Ring in Münster. At first he was a journeyman in the northern Netherlands and came back later than 1544 to Münster. Here he created his first work: the self-portrait of 1544 All of his works were for the Catholic churches and the city of Münster.. Tom Ring was in 1556 the second head of the Painters Association in Munster. From 1569 to 1597 he held the line.

Besides painting, tom Ring also designed epitaphs, fireplace pieces, gables and carvings. In addition to the paintings of his siblings and parents ( 1547) and his own family ( 1592), he also created the wings of the high altar and the paintings of the evangelists in the Überwasserkirche Münster.

Tom Ring died on October 18, 1596 in Münster.

Works (selection)

  • Portrait of Johann Munster man ( 1547, Münster, Westphalian State Museum for Art and Cultural History )
  • Design of stained glass windows in Marienfeld Abbey ( around 1550, and today in St. Paul's Cathedral in Münster)
  • Doomsday ( 1555, Münster, Westphalian State Museum for Art and Cultural History )
  • Portrait of Goddert of Raesfeld ( 1566, Münster, Westphalian State Museum for Art and Cultural History )
  • Design of an engraving by Frans Hogenberg Münster ( 1569 )
  • Sequence of 14 (of 15 once ) Sibyls and Prophets ( 1570, on loan from the Bavarian State Painting Collections in Munich in the dome chamber in Münster)
  • Wood paneling in the peace of the City Hall of Münster ( to 1577)
  • Mural Crucifixion ( 1590; Munster, St. Paul's Cathedral )
  • Family portrait of Count Johann II of Rietberg
  • Doomsday ( 1550, Utrecht, Museum Catharijneconvent )
  • Tile III. of Vechelde and his second wife Dorothea of ​​Broitzem in Krakow ( Wawel )

Portrait of Rietberg 1564 family, Detail: Agnes Countess of Rietberg, widowed since 1562, born Countess of Bentheim- Steinfurt

Portrait of a Gentleman

Portrait of a Gentleman with skull and book

Katharina of Hatzfeld 1587

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