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Johannes Stenrat
Johannes Stenrat (sometimes Hans Stenrat, Stenradh, Stenrat of Lübeck, Stenrode, Steynrot) c. 1410–1484) was a German people, German Northern Renaissance wood carver and painter, active in Lübeck. Life and works Johannes Stenrat was born and seems to have lived most of his life in Lübeck; his name appears frequently in the city archives between 1455 and 1484. In records from the time he is always described with the low German word ''meler'', literally meaning painter, but in the Baltic Sea area at the time signifying an artist who is working both as a wood carver and a painter. In 1458 he received a commission to finish an altarpiece for Vadstena Abbey in Sweden. Work on the altarpiece had begun two years before by Hans Hesse, but apparently Hesse never finished his work. It is not entirely clear what parts of the altarpiece was made by which artist. Johannes Stenrat's signature (now erased) was also placed on an altarpiece in Bälinge Church outside Uppsala (also in Sweden) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vadstena Church Östergötland Sweden 1
Vadstena () is a Urban areas in Sweden, locality and the seat of Vadstena Municipality, Östergötland County, Sweden, with 5,613 inhabitants in 2010. From 1974 to 1979 Vadstena was administered as part of Motala Municipality. Despite its small population, Vadstena is, for historical reasons, still referred to as a Stad (Sweden), ''city'': though it received its city privileges in 1400), Statistics Sweden only counts as cities Urban areas of Sweden, Swedish urban localities with more than 10,000 inhabitants. History Above all, the city of Vadstena is noted for two important facts of Swedish history. It was in Vadstena, year 1350, that Saint Bridget of Sweden founded the first Vadstena Abbey, monastery of her Bridgettines, Bridgettine Order, and Vadstena Castle is one of Sweden’s best-preserved castles from the era of Gustav Vasa in the 16th century, when Sweden became Protestant. Today the surviving buildings of the monastery are occupied by a hotel, (Vadstena Klosterhotel), an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
