Ludger Tom Ring the Younger

Ludger tom Ring the Younger ( born July 19 or November 19, 1522 in Münster, † before May or before May 22, 1584 Braunschweig ) was a German painter from the münsterländer family of artists tom Ring.

Early years

He was after his brother Hermann tom Ring the second son of Ludger tom Ring the Elder, whose artistic talent he inherited, and which also trained him. With him he traveled to Holland and England. From the year of death of the Father ( 1547) comes Ludgers first handed down painting - a self-portrait, which is now along with his other works in Braunschweig Herzog Anton Ulrich- Museum .. In the following years he might have worked in the workshop of his brother Hermann, where he 1555 is shown in 1557 but not more already. He painted mainly portraits, depictions of animals and still life (especially with flowers). Where is he was staying in the years to 1568 is unknown, but is is his acquaintance with the famous Belgian cartographer Abraham Ortelius.

In Brunswick

On January 27, 1569 tom Ring ran for civil rights in the city of Braunschweig and received it on 27 March 1572. Braunschweiger In his time, 1569 to his death in 1584, he married the widow and Ilse Bardenwerper lived in the precincts Altewiek. He created many portraits Brunswick patrician and clergyman - including about a dozen couple illustrations, some of which now are in the Herzog Anton Ulrich- Museum, another hangs in New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art addition to mayors and council members of the city, he also painted the Reformers and superintendent of the city of Martin Chemnitz.

Works (selection)

  • Portrait of Ernst phrases
  • Self-portrait in oak, 35 × 24.5 cm 1547, Herzog Anton Ulrich- Museum
  • Kitchen scene with the wedding at Cana (1562), formerly Staatliche Museen Berlin
  • The open Missal ( 1570 )
  • Portraits of the Brunswick goldsmith Reinhard Reiner and his wife die, poplar wood, 84.5 × 53.3 cm, 1569, Herzog Anton Ulrich- Museum

Two flower vases

Portrait of a man

Mathildis (gen. Mette ) Munchausen

Margarete von Munchausen

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