BURGKMAIR, HANS - Portrait of an unknown man (1506).
BURGKMAIR, HANS. - German painter, draughtsman and woodcut artist, b. at Augsburg in 1473, d. there in 1531. He trained artistically under his father, Thoman, a painter of minor importance of the Augsburg school; he was later influenced in drawing by Schongauer (v.) and by Dürer, and in colour by Holbein the Elder (v.) and by the Venetians. In 1498 he became a master at Augsburg. From 1501 to 1509 he took part with Holbein the Elder in painting the series of the Roman Basilicas, painting those of St. Peter, of St. John Lateran and of the Holy Cross (now in the museum of Augsburg). After several journeys to Italy, he was one of the principal disseminators of the broad Renaissance form, of classical ornament and architecture in German painting. His portraits, many altarpieces and pictures of religious content are found in the galleries of Augsburg, Munich, Berlin, etc.
His woodcut output is very extensive (Madonnas, saints, The Seven Virtues, The Seven Sins, a portrait of Pope Julius II, illustrations for books). He was one of the principal wood engravers for the Emperor Maximilian I (Weisshung, 1513-16 ed.; Genealogia, 1510; Triumph of the Emperor, 1516-18; Theuerdank, after 1512); with Dürer and others he also executed three drawings in the famous Gebetbuch of the emperor. With Jost de Negker he is one of the first masters of colour woodcut. - See Pl. XVII.
Plate XVIIAGONY IN THE GARDEN (1505) - Hamburg, Museum.(per cortesia del doll. Degenhart)Bibliography12 worksH. A. Schmid, s. v. in Thieme-Becker, V, pp. 232-258; H. Rupé, Zum Werk B. 's, Leipzig 1912; consult in Beiträge zur Geschichte der Deutsche
BIBL.: H. A. Schmid, s. v. in Thieme-Becker, V, pp. 232-258; H. Rupé, Zum Werk B. 's, Leipzig 1912; consult in Beiträge zur Geschichte der Deutschen Kunst, ed. E. Buchner and K. Feuchtmayr, II (Augsburger Kunst der Spätgotik), Augsburg 1928, the following articles: E. Buchner, Thomas B., pp. 65-92; H. Rupé, Zeichnungen H. B. 's, pp. 194-207; K. T. Parker, Zeichnungen H. B. 's, pp. 208-23; furthermore: O. Benesch, Beiträge zur oberschwäbischen Bildnismalerei, in Jahrbuch der Preussischen Kunstsammlungen, 54 (1933), pp. 241-50; O. Grautoff, B. et Augsburg, in Gazette des Beaux-Arts, 14 (1935), pp. 155-68; F. Dörnhöffer - K. Feuchtmayr, Das Malerwerk B. 's (catalogue of the B.-Ausstellung, Augsburg), Augsburg 1931; Burkhard, B. Meister der Graphik, 15 vols. Berlin 1932; F. Winkler, Neue Bildnisse B. 's, in Pantheon, 13 (1934), pp. 169-72; P. Wescher, Bildnisse des H. und Th. B., in Pantheon, 16 (1935), pp. 392-97; F. Winkler, B. s früheste Holzschnitte, in Zeitsch. für Kunstwiss. des Deutschen Vereins f. Kunstwiss., 1 (1947), pp. 39-50.
Degenhart, Bernardo. “Burgkmair, hans.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. III, col. 230. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1949. https://azioneromana.com/article/burgkmair-hans.
MLA
Degenhart, Bernardo. “Burgkmair, hans.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. III, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1949, col. 230. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/burgkmair-hans.
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@incollection{ec3_burgkmair_hans,
author = {Degenhart, Bernardo},
title = {Burgkmair, hans},
booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
volume = {III},
pages = {230},
note = {Cited by column},
publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
address = {Città del Vaticano},
year = {1949},
url = {https://azioneromana.com/article/burgkmair-hans}
}
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