Pentecost
| Reference: | S20971 |
| Author | Hans Leonard Schäufelein |
| Year: | 1514 ca. |
| Measures: | 130 x 198 mm |
| Reference: | S20971 |
| Author | Hans Leonard Schäufelein |
| Year: | 1514 ca. |
| Measures: | 130 x 198 mm |
Description
The descent of the Holy Spirit; the Holy Spirit as a dove hovering above the apostles gathered in a room with the Virgin seated at centre; all figures with small flames on their heads.
Illustration to Das Plenarium oder Ewangely buoch […], Basel: Adam Petri, 1514.
Woodcut, circa 1514, signed at lower left. A magnific impression, printed on contemporary paper, in very good conditions.
Literature
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Dodgson 1903, 1911 II.32.82; Hollstein 1052.
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Hans Leonard Schäufelein (Norimberga, 1480 - ivi, 1540)
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Painter, designer of woodcuts and stained glass. Nuremberg, Nördlingen and Augsburg have each been proposed as his place of birth, and it has also been suggested that he could have studied in Nördlingen with Friedrich Herlin, leaving for Nuremberg after Herlin died in 1500 (Weih-Kruger, 1986). Schäufelein’s robust figures and the hearty tone of his work suggest that his origins were in Swabia. Yet a close connection with the merchant family Scheufelin, who settled first in Nördlingen and then in Nuremberg and Geneva, has been refuted. Schäufelein was active in Albrecht Dürer’s workshop in Nuremberg from c. 1503 to 1507 and in Hans Holbein the elder’s workshop in Augsburg in 1507–8. He journeyed to southern Tyrol between 1508 and 1510 and was back in Augsburg from 1511 to at least 1514. From 1515 until his death he was the municipal painter of Nördlingen. The middle name Leonhard, often used in the literature, does not appear in the early documents, nor is its use supported by Schäufelein’s monogram, the ligated letters H and S with a small shovel (Ger. kleine Schaufel=Schäufelein). Schäufelein paid taxes in Nördlingen for the last time in 1539; the following year they were paid by his widow.
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Literature
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Dodgson 1903, 1911 II.32.82; Hollstein 1052.
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Hans Leonard Schäufelein (Norimberga, 1480 - ivi, 1540)
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Painter, designer of woodcuts and stained glass. Nuremberg, Nördlingen and Augsburg have each been proposed as his place of birth, and it has also been suggested that he could have studied in Nördlingen with Friedrich Herlin, leaving for Nuremberg after Herlin died in 1500 (Weih-Kruger, 1986). Schäufelein’s robust figures and the hearty tone of his work suggest that his origins were in Swabia. Yet a close connection with the merchant family Scheufelin, who settled first in Nördlingen and then in Nuremberg and Geneva, has been refuted. Schäufelein was active in Albrecht Dürer’s workshop in Nuremberg from c. 1503 to 1507 and in Hans Holbein the elder’s workshop in Augsburg in 1507–8. He journeyed to southern Tyrol between 1508 and 1510 and was back in Augsburg from 1511 to at least 1514. From 1515 until his death he was the municipal painter of Nördlingen. The middle name Leonhard, often used in the literature, does not appear in the early documents, nor is its use supported by Schäufelein’s monogram, the ligated letters H and S with a small shovel (Ger. kleine Schaufel=Schäufelein). Schäufelein paid taxes in Nördlingen for the last time in 1539; the following year they were paid by his widow.
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