Anton Eisenhoit
Illustration — Eisenhoit fountain in Warburg Anton Eisenhoit (sometimes Eisenhout, Eisenhart or Eisenhut), born 1553/1554 in Warburg-Altstadt in Prince-Bishopric of Paderborn; † Autumn 1603 in Warburg) a German silver and gold smith, painter and engraver. After years of apprenticeship and travel, and several years in Rome around 1590, where he worked for a member of the papal curia, he returned to Warburg. There, he produced artworks for twenty years, mostly commissioned pieces such as those for the Metallotheca Vaticana by Michele Mercati.
Also recorded as Anton Eisenhout · Anton Eisenhodt · Anton Eisenhut · Anton Eisenhaut
Anton Eisenhoit
physical object: Jost Bürgi, Antonius Eisenhoit Photograph: Chris Bainbridge · Photograph: Own work · Public domain
- Born
- 1553 · Warburg.
- Died
- 1603 · Warburg.
- Nationality
- Germany
- Occupation
- goldsmith · painter · draftsperson · medalist · silversmith · engraver
- Languages
- German
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Illustration — Eisenhoit fountain in Warburg Anton Eisenhoit (sometimes Eisenhout, Eisenhart or Eisenhut), born 1553/1554 in Warburg-Altstadt in Prince-Bishopric of Paderborn; † Autumn 1603 in Warburg) a German silver and gold smith, painter and engraver. After years of apprenticeship and travel, and several years in Rome around 1590, where he worked for a member of the papal curia, he returned to Warburg. There, he produced artworks for twenty years, mostly commissioned pieces such as those for the Metallotheca Vaticana by Michele Mercati.
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• Illustration — Michele Mercati • Illustration — Title page of the Metallotheca by Michele Mercati, ca. 1580 • Illustration — Dietrich von Fürstenberg, 1592 • Illustration — Armillary sphere, 1585, by Eisenhoit and Jost Bürgi, now in the Nordic Museum in Stockholm
Weihwasserkessel mit Sprengwedel. Eine Silberarbeit aus dem siebenzehnten Jahrhundert von Anton Eisenhut.
Anton Eisenhoit · caption: " Weihwasserkessel mit Sprengwedel. Eine Silberarbeit aus dem siebenzehnten Jahrhundert von Anton Eisenhut."
Heresy as goddess together with a Manticore
Anton Eisenhoit · This file was derived from: Haeresis Dea (HAUM AEisenhoit AB 3.2).jpg
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He was also referred to as the German Benvenuto Cellini. It appears that some of his works have been ascribed to other masters. Brulliot refers to some attributed to Luca Ciamberlano by Bartsch, which he conjectures should be given to Eisenhoit.
• In 1912, the sculptor Franz Heise erected a monument with a fountain in Warburg's Neustadt market square, depicting him seated during a break from work. • The former "Eisenhoitschule" in Warburg, a special education school focusing on learning disabilities, was named after him.
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- 1.Alfons Grunenberg. Das Lehen und der Grundbesitz von Leopold von Stralendorf in Heuthen. 2016-10. 1611-1648.
- 2.J.G.A. Frenzel. Sammlung der Kupferstiche und Handzeichnungen Sr. Excellenz des Herren Grafen Franz v. Sternberg-Manderscheid. 1838.
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