Hans Zürn the Elder
Hans Zürn the Elder (born between 1555 and 1560,[1] died after 1631) was a German sculptor and father of the famous Upper Swabian .[2]
Career[]
He received his training as a sculptor around 1560 in Bad Buchau. He may have been a student of . From 1582 he was a citizen and master sculptor in Bad Waldsee. Hans Zürn the Elder was a teacher of his six sons,[3] including David, Hans the Younger, Martin, and Michael the Elder.
References[]
- ^ Literature, Music, Fine Arts Volumes 4-6. Institute for Scientific Co-operation. 1971. p. 110.
- ^ Smith, Jeffrey Chipps (2003). "Zürn family". Grove Art Online. doi:10.1093/gao/9781884446054.article.T093720. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
- ^ "ZÜRN, German family of sculptors". www.wga.hu. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
External links[]
- Media related to Hans Zürn the Elder at Wikimedia Commons
Categories:
- 16th-century German sculptors
- German male sculptors
- 17th-century German sculptors
- 16th-century births
- 17th-century deaths
- German sculptor stubs