Master Gerhard
Meister or Master Gerhard (c. 1210 allegedly in Reil – 24 or 25 April 1271 in Cologne) was the first master mason of Cologne Cathedral. He was also known as Gerhard von Rile or by the Latin version of his name, Meister Gerardus. • Illustration — Meister Gerhard, Statue • Illustration — Cologne Cathedral medal 680th anniversary 1928 of the construction start by Meister Gerhard in 1248, obverse • Illustration — Meister Gerhard showing a plan of the cathedral at the reverse of this medal He fell to his death during construction of the cathedral.
Master Gerhard
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- Born
- 1210
- Died
- 1271
- Nationality
- Germany
- Occupation
- architect · master builder
- Movements
- Gothic art
- Known for
- Cologne Cathedral
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Meister or Master Gerhard (c. 1210 allegedly in Reil – 24 or 25 April 1271 in Cologne) was the first master mason of Cologne Cathedral. He was also known as Gerhard von Rile or by the Latin version of his name, Meister Gerardus. • Illustration — Meister Gerhard, Statue • Illustration — Cologne Cathedral medal 680th anniversary 1928 of the construction start by Meister Gerhard in 1248, obverse • Illustration — Meister Gerhard showing a plan of the cathedral at the reverse of this medal He fell to his death during construction of the cathedral.
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- Paul Clemen (ed.): Der Dom zu Köln (= Die Kunstdenkmäler der Rheinprovinz. Band 6, Teil III). Reprint der 2., vermehrten Auflage, Düsseldorf, 1938. Düsseldorf Schwann 1980,
- Johann Jakob Merlo: Geschichte der Kölner Dombaumeister (= Nr. 75 der Jahrbücher des Vereins von Alterthumsfreunden im Rheinlande), 1883
- Johann Jakob Merlo: Nachrichten von dem Leben und den Werken kölnischer Künstler, S.133 Köln 1850
- Heinrich Pröhle: Meister Gerhard von Rile, des Kölner Domes Baumeister, in: Rheinlands schönste Sagen und Geschichten. Berlin 1886, S. 213-216 (E-Text)
- Sulpiz Boisserée: Meister Gerhard, muthmaßlicher Baumeister des Doms v. Köln. (Geschichte u. Beschreibung des Doms v. Köln). In: Kunstblatt Nr. 13 (1824)
- Max Hasak: Der Dom zu Köln, Berlin 1911, S. 55ff online
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