Hinrik Funhof (died 1485, also spelled Henrik Funhof) was a late Gothic painter who lived and worked in Hamburg. After the death of his colleague

Hans Bornemann Hans Bornemann (active from 1448 - d. 1474) was a late Gothic painter who was active in Hamburg. The earliest written mention of him is a record that he received an inheritance in 1448. He was one of the founders of the Guild of Saint Luke in ...

in 1475, he took over Bornemann's studio and married his widow. When Funhof died ten years later, she remarried to another Hamburg painter,

Absolon Stumme Absolon Stumme (died 1499) was a Late Gothic painter from Northern Germany who worked in Hamburg. Absolon Stumme married into the family of artists, becoming the second stepfather of Hinrik Bornemann, who died the same year as he did. Afte ...

Works

Only a few of his works survive, namely: *''The Virgin Mary with Headdress'' (ca. 1480, DE: ''Maria mit Ährenkleid''), in the collection of the Hamburger Kunsthalle *''The Marriage at Cana'' (ca. 1481, DE: ''Hochzeit zu Kana'', in a private collection. *The outer sides of the wings of the 1482

Altarpiece An altarpiece is an artwork such as a painting, sculpture or relief representing a religious subject made for placing at the back of or behind the altar of a Christian church. Though most commonly used for a single work of art such as a painting o ...

in St. John's Church, Lüneburg

References

* Dörte Zbikowski: Zum Beispiel: Hinrik Funhof, in: Die Kunst des Mittelalters in Hamburg. Aufsätze zur Kulturgeschichte. Stiftung Denkmalpflege. Hamburg. * * Gmelin, Hans Georg
"Funhof, Hinrik."
In Grove Art Online. Oxford Art Online, (accessed 3 February 2012; subscription required).

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Entry for Hinrik Funhof
on the Union List of Artist Names 1485 deaths 15th-century German painters German male painters Gothic painters Artists from Hamburg Year of birth unknown {{Hamburg-stub

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