Gregor Erhart (c. 1470? – 1540) was a German sculptor who was born at
Ulm
Ulm () is a city in the German state of Baden-Württemberg, situated on the river Danube on the border with Bavaria. The city, which has an estimated population of more than 126,000 (2018), forms an urban district of its own (german: link=no, ...
, the son of sculptor
Michel Erhart. Gregor spent his working career at
Augsburg
Augsburg (; bar , Augschburg , links=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swabian_German , label=Swabian German, , ) is a city in Swabia, Bavaria, Germany, around west of Bavarian capital Munich. It is a university town and regional seat of the ...
, where he was made master in 1496, and where he died.
Attributions of sculpture to his workshop, mixing Late Gothic and Renaissance formulas, are based on a single documented work originally from the
Cistercian Kaisheim Abbey, which was lost in World War II.
Further reading
* Anja Schneckenburger-Broschek.
Erhart" In Grove Art Online. Oxford Art Online, (accessed January 6, 2012; subscription required).
* Barbara Maier-Lörcher: ''Meisterwerke Ulmer Kunst''. Ostfildern 2004.
* Hans Koepf: ''Hans Multscher und die Ulmer Plastik''. ''Schwäbische Kunstgeschichte''. Vol. 3. Thorbecke, Konstanz 1963, pp. 15–20
External links
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Entry for Gregor Erharton the
Union List of Artist Names
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1470s births
1540 deaths
15th-century German sculptors
German male sculptors
16th-century German sculptors
Gothic sculptors
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