Jörg Syrlin the Elder (c. 1425 in

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, ...

– 1491 in Ulm) was a German

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who is considered part of the Ulm school. After his death his son Jörg Syrlin the Younger took over command of his workshop. His best known works are the carvings for the

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s of the

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* Anja Schneckenburger-Broschek.
Syrlin.
In Grove Art Online. Oxford Art Online, (accessed January 1, 2012; subscription required). * * Ludger Alscher, Günter Feist and Peter H. Feist (ed.): ''Lexikon der Kunst, Architektur, Bildende Kunst, Angewandte Kunst, Industriegestaltung, Kunsttheorie.'' vol. IV, , Verlag Das europäische Buch, West Berlin 1984 * Franz Härle: ''Das Chorgestühl im Ulmer Münster. Geschichte des Glaubens in Eiche geschnitzt''. Langenau 2000, * Wolfgang Lipp: ''Begleiter durch das Ulmer Münster''. Langenau 1999, * Eduard Mauch: ''Georg Sürlin, Vater, und Georg Sürlin, Sohn, Bildner in Stein und Holz''. In: ''Württembergischer Bildersaal''. Vol I. Schaber, Stuttgart 1859, pp. 75–77 ( Digitalized) * Barbara Schäuffelen und Joachim Feist: ''Ulm - Porträt einer Stadtlandschaft''. Konrad Theiss Verlag, Stuttgart 1987, *

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: ''Jörg Syrlin der Ältere und seine Bildwerke, Bd. II: Stoffkreis und Gestaltung''. Verlag Dt. Verein f. Kunstwiss., Berlin 1950, no ISBN * Gerhard Weilandt, "War der ältere Sürlin Bildhauer?" ''Jahrbuch der Staatlichen Kunstsammlungen in Baden-Württemberg'' 28 (1991), pp. 37–54. * Gerhard Weilandt. "Ein archivalischer Neufund zur Fassung des Hochaltarretabels im Ulmer Münster." ''Ulm und Oberschwaben'' 49 (1994), pp. 51–60. * Gerhard Weilandt, "Der wiedergefundene Vertrag Jörg Syrlins des Älteren über das Hochaltarretabel des Ulmer Münsters. Zum Erscheinungsbild des frühesten holzsichtigen Retabels." ''Zeitschrift für Kunstgeschichte'' 59 (1996), pp. 437–460. * ''Michel Erhart und Jörg Syrlin d.Ä. Spätgotik in Ulm.'' Exhibit catalog, Ulmer Museum, Ulm 2002.

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15th-century German sculptors German male sculptors People from Ulm 1491 deaths 1420s births {{Germany-sculptor-stub

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