Michael Parler
Michael Parler II, also known as Michael von Gmünd or Michael of Freiburg, born around 1350 in Freiburg im Breisgau and died in 1387-88 probably in Strasbourg, was a construction foreman of the Strasbourg Cathedral. He belongs to the Parler family, a stonemason, construction foremen, and architect family. He probably is the son of Johann Parler the Elder, architect in Freiburg and Basel, from whom he inherited the mason's mark.
Also recorded as Michel Parler
Michael Parler
- Born
- 1354 · Freiburg im Breisgau.
- Nationality
- Germany
- Occupation
- architect · master builder · carpenter
- Languages
- German
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Michael Parler II, also known as Michael von Gmünd or Michael of Freiburg, born around 1350 in Freiburg im Breisgau and died in 1387-88 probably in Strasbourg, was a construction foreman of the Strasbourg Cathedral. He belongs to the Parler family, a stonemason, construction foremen, and architect family. He probably is the son of Johann Parler the Elder, architect in Freiburg and Basel, from whom he inherited the mason's mark.
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Born at Freiburg im Breisgau in 1354, died in Strasbourg in 1388.
The recorded working language is German. Work by Michael Parler is recorded in the collections of Musée de l'Œuvre Notre-Dame.
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- 1.Schock-Werner, Barbara, "Parler, Michael von Gmünd" in: Neue Deutsche Biographie 20 (2001), p. 71 Online-Version
- 2.Didier Robert, Recht Roland. Paris, Prague, Cologne et la sculpture de la seconde moitié du XIVe siècle. A propos de l'exposition des Parler à Cologne. In: Bulletin Monumental, tome 138, n°2, année 1980. pp. 173-219. DOI : https://doi.org/10.3406/bulmo.1980.5891 Online version
- 3.Hubert Janitschek, Repertorium für Kunstwissenschaft. Band 16, Walter de Gruyter, 2018, p.345. (in german)
- 4.Schock-Werner, Barbara, "Parler" in: Neue Deutsche Biographie 20 (2001), p. 69-74 Online-Version (in German)
- 5.Claude Andrault-Schmitt, « Ulm, Prague et la Cathédrale de Strasbourg (XVIIIe-XIVe siècle) » [PDF] Online version In: Bulletin Monumental, tome 172, n°1, année 2014. p. 73-74.
- 6.Schock-Werner, Barbara. Die Parler und der Schöne Stil 1350−1400, vol. 3. Museen der Stadt Köln. 9. 1978.
- 7.Ingeborg Dorchenas. 1543–1554.
- 8.Strasbourg: Deux mille ans d'histoire, Henri Riegert, Jeanette Munschi, librairie Istra, 1967, p. 152.
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