Michel Erhart
Michel Erhart (c. 1440 to 1445 – after 1522, Ulm) was a German late Gothic sculptor who lived and worked in Ulm. • Illustration — Virgin of Mercy (c. 1480–90), limewood, Bode-Museum, Berlin
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Michel Erhart (c. 1440 to 1445 – after 1522, Ulm) was a German late Gothic sculptor who lived and worked in Ulm. • Illustration — Virgin of Mercy (c. 1480–90), limewood, Bode-Museum, Berlin
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The recorded working language is German. Places of work recorded in the authority are Ulm. Work by Michel Erhart is recorded in the collections of Bode Museum, Skulpturensammlung und Museum für Byzantinische Kunst, Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Liebieghaus and Bavarian National Museum.
Erhart visited various regions including Konstanz and the Netherlands as a wandering journeyman before finally settling in Ulm around 1469, where works by him are extant from around 1469–1522. He worked in the workshop of Jörg Syrlin the Elder, as did his sons Gregor Erhart and Bernhard Erhart. After 1474 he apparently had his own workshop with numerous apprentices. Erhart's style was apparently influenced by Nikolaus Gerhaert.
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1440
Michel Erhart born at Ulm.
1600
Michel Erhart died at Ulm.
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- Erhart, Michel, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011
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- “Michel Erhart”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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- Barbara Maier-Lörcher: Meisterwerke Ulmer Kunst. Thorbecke-Verlag, Ostfildern 2004, .
- Brigitte Reinhardt (ed.): Michel Erhart & Jörg Syrlin d. Ä. Spätgotik in Ulm. Konrad Theiss Verlag, Stuttgart 2002, .
- Barbara Schäuffelen, Joachim Feist: Ulm – Porträt einer Stadtlandschaft, Konrad Theiss Verlag, Stuttgart 1987, , p. 171.
- Anja Schneckenburger-Broschek. "Erhart." In Grove Art Online. Oxford Art Online, (accessed December 31, 2011; subscription required).
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