Nicholas Wurmser
Nicholas Wurmser (c. 1298), (Nikolaus or Nicolaus Wurmser, Mikuláš Wurmser), was a 14th-century Gothic painter from Strasbourg, Alsace. He was active in Prague, Bohemia, where he worked as a court painter of Emperor Charles IV.
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Nicholas Wurmser
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- Nicholas Wurmser
- Born
- c. 1298
- Birthplace
- Strasbourg
- Died
- c. 1367
- Place of death
- Prague
- Known for
- paintings
- Occupation
- painter · artist
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• Name — Nicholas Wurmser • Native Name — Nikolaus Wurmser, Nicolaus Wurmser • Born — c. 1298 • Birthplace — Strasbourg • Died — c. 1367 • Place of death — Prague • Known for — paintings • Style — Gothic
Nicholas Wurmser, Charles IV
Karlštejn Castle - church of the Virgin - southern wall - relic scenes
Attributed to Nicholas Wurmser · Iva Rosario, Art and Propaganda: Charles IV of Bohemia, 1346-1378, Boydell Press, 2000, ISBN 978-0-85115-787-0, figure 8 via Prometheus Bildarchiv, imago-6c60b4a8f925ef890e79876e62f04457a5ef9aa4
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- 1.Vgl. Prag, Burgarchiv, Liber erectionem II, fol. 46v–47r.
- 2.Vgl. Fajt 2019, S. 199.
- 3.Vgl. Dresden, Sächsisches Hauptstaatsarchiv, Bestand 10004 Kopiale 1314b, fol. 10r.
- 4.Vatikanstadt, Vatikanisches Archiv, Reg. Av. 144, fol. 432v.
- 5.Vgl. Dresden, Sächsisches Hauptstaatsarchiv, Bestand 10004 Kopiale 1314b, fol. 65v.
- 6.Zeitgleich wurden auch andere Hofkünstler und -bedienstete mit Privilegien ausgestattet wie etwa der Nürnberger Maler Sebald Weinschröter, der Schreiber Konrad von Bissing oder der Schneider Johann Sartor. Vgl. Fajt 2019, S. 64.
- 7.Vgl. Fajt 2005, S. 12.
- 8.Vgl. Helge Kuppe: Eine Altarsetzung mit sichtbaren Folgen. Sigismund von Luxemburg und das Dreikönigsportal der Liebfrauenkirche in Frankfurt/Main. In: Jiří Fajt, Markus Hörsch (Hrsg.): Vom Weichen über den Schönen Stil zur Ars Nova. Neue Beiträge zur europäischen Kunst zwischen 1350 und 1470 (= Studia Jagellonica Lipsiensia, Bd. 19). Köln u. a. 2018, S. 47–71, hier S. 57 f.
- 9.Vgl. Jan Krofta: Rodokmen císaře Karla na Karlštejně a jeho domnělé kopie. In: Umění 23 (1975), S. 63–66. – Karel Stejskal: Noch einmal über die Datierung und Zuschreibung der Karlsteiner Malereien. In: Jiří Fajt (Hrsg.): Court Chapels of the High and Late Middle Ages and their Artistic Decoration. Prag 2003, S. 47–58, hier S. 56 f.
- 10.Vgl. Fajt/Franzen 2016, S. 144.
- 11.Vgl. Fajt/Franzen 2016, S. 145.
- 12.Fajt 2019, S. 215–228.
- 13.Vgl. Fajt 2019, S. 151.
- 14.Vgl. Fajt 2019, S. 244–249.
- 15.Vgl. Gerhard Weilandt: Die Sebalduskirche in Nürnberg. Bild und Gesellschaft im Zeitalter der Gotik und Renaissance (= Studien zur internationalen Architektur- und Kunstgeschichte, Bd. 47). Imhof Verlag, Petersberg 2007, S. 444 Anm. 102.
- 16.Vgl. Hartmut Scholz: Die mittelalterlichen Glasmalereien in Nürnberg. Sebalder Stadtseite (= Corpus vitrearum medii aevi, Bd. 10.2). Deutscher Verlag für Kunstwissenschaft, Berlin 2013, S. 90–103, hier S. 96 f.
- 17.Vgl. Fajt 2019, S. 141 mit Abb. 98.
- 18.Vgl. Anton Legner (Hrsg.): Die Parler und der Schöne Stil 1350–1400. Europäische Kunst unter den Luxemburgern. Ausstellungskatalog. Köln 1978, Bd. 1, S. 357–359 (Hans Ramisch). – Barbara Drake Boehm, Jiří Fajt (Hrsg.): Prague. The Crown of Bohemia 1347–1437. Ausstellungskatalog. New York 2005, S. 316 f., Kat. Nr. 151 (Markus Hörsch).
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