Jeronimus Spengler

Jerome Spengler ( * 1589 in Konstanz; ? † 1635 ibid, also Hieronymus Spengler wrote ) was a German painter glass of Swiss descent

Life

Jerome ( Hieronymus ) Spengler, was the son of Caspar Spengler ( 1553-1604 ) from St. Gallen. The father himself was also a glass painter and moved to Konstanz in 1582 where he opened a workshop. As the birthplace of Constance is suspected. Jerome followed in choosing a career his father, from his time traveling as a journeyman is known that he came in 1606 to Freiburg im Breisgau, where he was in the studio of glass artist Matthew Federer ( 1575-1604 ) worked. In 1611 he returned to Constance, where he also handed in 1612 his masterpiece. It is also known that he renewed his civil rights in Constance in 1613. Archduke Maximilian III. of Austria called him in 1615 to Innsbruck, where he was to make for the Hofkirche glass paintings and those repaired in the Heiligkreizkirche. From 1616 he worked in and around Konstanz again.

In 1635 he died in Constance. At the Constance family Spengler include the glass painter Johann Wolfgang Spengler (1624-1685) and Johann Georg Spengler ( 1660-1737 ).

Works

Jerome, who signed his works I.SP, worked rather for private clientele and often on the move. As the family Spengler five generations of glass artists brought forth and the individual members worked around quite freigiebiig with her ​​initials, it is often difficult to attribute a work to a certain glass-painter of the family. In addition to the contract for the Hofkirche Innsbruck, two municipal orders of Constance in 1616 and 1617 are still unknown. Also for the monastery Wettingen he produced in 1611 a disk and a 1630 for the parish church Mellingen, which is obtained in situ. In addition, many of the exhibits in museums with his initials, but in which it is often difficult to assign it really him.

Besides working as a glass painter, he produced in Konstanz also court representation.