Martin Schaffner

Martin Schaffner (* 1478, † after 1546 in Ulm ) was a German painter and sculptor, which is attributed to the Ulm school.

Life

Schaffner accurate survival data are similar to his training is not known. But maybe he was a disciple Bartholomew Zeitblom. Schaffner is detectable only in 1499 as a painter with Jörg Stocker in Ulm. Thus we find his signature on the Ennet Acher altar created by Stocker. Schaffner later changed to another Ulmer workshop to eventually work in Augsburg, Hans Holbein the Elder. From the style of the latter, his own work is also influenced by how Albrecht Dürer and Hans Burgkmair. To show his paintings from 1510 a clean design perspective; the figures are plastic, its color is of gentle harmony.

A document from 1526 refers to him as the city of Ulm painter. The last him safely attributable works date from the year in 1535., But He still has at least 10 years have lived longer, as he is called in a screening list of 1546 in particular.

Famous Works (selection)

  • Outpouring of the Holy Spirit (dated 1510 today Stuttgart State Gallery )
  • Resurrection of Christ ( dated 1516 today Ulmer Museum )
  • Christ in Limbo (dated 1519, originally from the church of St. Michael the Wengen ( Ulm), then in the art collection of Konrad Dietrich Hassler, today Ulmer Museum )
  • Entombment of Christ (dated 1519 today Stuttgart State Gallery )
  • Christ as Man of Sorrows between Mary and John (called " Erbärmdebild ", 1519, oil on wood, may be intended for the Ulmer Wengen church, now in Ulmer Museum )
  • Christ on the Cross (now the State Gallery of Stuttgart)
  • Wing of the main altar at the Minster with figures of saints and the ancestors of Christ ( 1521)
  • Organ doors depicting scenes from the life of Mary (1524, Alte Pinakothek, Munich )
  • Christ and the Twelve Apostles ( predella of an altar of unknown origin, around 1525, today Ulmer Museum )
  • Saint Elizabeth of Hungary (oil on wood, after 1524 today in the Conrad Sam Chapel of Ulm Minster )
  • Holy St. Anne (oil on wood, after 1524 today in the Conrad Sam Chapel of Ulm Minster )
  • Tabletop of Asymus Stedelin ( 1533)
  • Frescoes at the Ulm City Hall ( 1540)

In addition, Martin Schaffner has created some remarkable portraits and epitaphs:

  • Epitaph of the Anwyl family ( called Anweiler epitaph, dated 1514, now State Gallery Stuttgart)
  • Ludwig von Freyberg (now State Gallery of Stuttgart)
  • Sibylla von Freyberg born Gossenbrod (now State Gallery of Stuttgart)

More images

Wall Painting above the pulpit at the Ulm City Hall

Portrait of Eitel Besserer

Honor

In the city of Ulm, a primary and secondary school is named after Martin Schaffner, just a road.

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