Claus Berg

Claus Berg was a sculptor and painter (1475–1535). He was born at Lübeck and died at Güstrow.

Claus Berg in brief

Born
1475
Died
1535
Known for
sculptor and painter
Place of birth
Lübeck
Contents

Catalogued works

16 works under this name are catalogued by Wikidata Query Service, Open Library, The Art Institute of Chicago and Wellcome Collection. Their recorded dates run from 1589 to 1937.

Altarpiece. Statues of apostles by Claus Berg in Güstrow Cathedral. Mens vi venter på våren. Qualitätscontrolling - Grundlagen und Instrumente des Qualitätscontrollings. Grundlagen der traditionellen Bilanzanalyse. Die volkswirtschaftlichen Kosten von Klimaveränderungen und die Kosten des Klimaschutzes. Water Pitcher, dated 1910, silver, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1973.345. Fragment (From a Sampler), dated 1821, cotton, plain weave; cut and drawn work in back, cross, crossed back, double hem, greek cross filling, honeycomb filling, interlocking lace, overcast, satin, and twisted buttonhole stitches; embroidered in overcast and padded satin stitches, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1965.727. Weeping Magdalen, No. 5 from the portfolio "American Pictorial Photography, Series I" (1899); edition 146/150, dated c. 1897, photogravure, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1984.1624. Pair of Covered Dishes, dated 1912–17, silver, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 2014.997.1-2. Odalesque, No. 17 from the portfolio "American Pictorial Photography, Series I" (1899); edition 146/150, dated c. 1897, photogravure, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1984.1636. Pair of Candelabra, dated 1920–21, silver, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1990.104.1-2. En Vise Om it Rosentræ som mange Mand til Sorrig er omfaldet, Aff hues Rod dog it andet er opvoxen, som vdstøcker samme Sorrig etc. Tilschreffuit Erlige oc Velbyrdige Frue, Frue Karine Gyldenstiernis, Erlige oc Velbyrdige Mands Axel Gyldenstiernis Rigens Raads oc Statholderis i Norrig Hustrue, sin gunstige Frue. Aff Claus Berrig Cannick i Oslo, dated 1589, held by Wellcome Collection. Skepsis de naturali conservatione et cruentatione cadaverum, ubi ex casu quodam admirando & singulari duo problemata, quae sequens pagina monstrat, deducuntur : accessit brevis responsio ad eundem casum a Facultate Medica Viennensis Academiae conscripta [Gregor Horst]., dated 1608, held by Wellcome Collection. Leonardo da Vinci's Vitruvian Man forms the backdrop to a list of dates for the 1996 'Medical journey' meetings about HIV and AIDS issues held at the Café PositHIV in Berlin by the Berliner AIDS-Hilfe. Colour lithograph., dated [19]96, held by Wellcome Collection. Medawar, Sir Peter Brian (1915-1987), dated 1937-1991, held by Wellcome Collection.

In public collections

Work associated with this heading is recorded in 2 named public collections.

The Art Institute of Chicago: 7 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Wellcome Collection: 5 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue.

Literature

4 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

Berg, Claus, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011. Berg, Claus, Oxford Art Online, 2003. Richter, Jan Friedrich, Claus Berg. Retabelproduktion des Spätmittelalters im Ostseeraum, Revue de l’Institut français d’histoire en Allemagne, 2013. Frederik II af Danmark og Sophie af Mecklenburg – et stjernepar fra renæssancen. En tysk fyrstelig repræsentationsform i Danmark?, ICO Iconographisk Post, 2015.

Evidence base

This article draws on 6 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 6 means 6 genuinely separate publishers of record. 14 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

Chronology

  1. 1475Claus Berg born at Lübeck.
  2. 1535Claus Berg died at Güstrow.

Sources

Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.

  1. 1.

    Berg, Claus, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  2. 2.

    Berg, Claus, Oxford Art Online, 2003

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  3. 3.

    Open Library author record for Claus Berg (Internet Archive), 3 catalogued works.

    Institutional database · Scholarly · Internet Archive

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  4. 4.

    Richter, Jan Friedrich, Claus Berg. Retabelproduktion des Spätmittelalters im Ostseeraum, Revue de l’Institut français d’histoire en Allemagne, 2013

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  5. 5.

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q472749: Claus Berg

    Institutional database · Scholarly · Wikimedia Foundation

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  6. 6.

    Directory of Open Access Journals lists 1 article naming Claus Berg.

    open access index · Unverified

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  7. 7.

    The Art Institute of Chicago, collection records associated with Claus Berg.

    museum collection · Unverified · The Art Institute of Chicago

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  8. 8.

    Wellcome Collection catalogue records 5 works naming Claus Berg.

    museum collection · Unverified · Wellcome Collection

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  9. 9.

    “Claus Berg”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia

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Elsewhere in Sculpture

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