Wall tomb of Johann Schlüter from Lübeck, son of the merchant and merchant Heinrich Schlüter and his wife Margaretha Mechelborch, murdered near Weinsfeld in 1646. ______________________________________ Carolin Ott: Georg Schweigger (1613–1690). The work of the Nuremberg sculptor as reflected in the reception of Dürer from the 16th to 20th centuries. century Heidelberg University / University Library, 2023 / arthistoricum.net Page 254: In the last year of the war, Schweigger received the commission to make his first portrait bust for the tomb of Johann Schlütter in the Nuremberg Johannisfriedhof. (1006) The life-size bronze bust of the merchant's son from Lübeck, who was the victim of a robbery near Nuremberg on his journey to Italy, is, according to Claudia Maué, "the most important bourgeois portrait sculpture of the 17th century in Nuremberg" (1007) . The complex project is the first project on which Schweigger is proven to have worked together with representatives of other trades, a form of work that is expected to become typical for the coming decades. From now on, the sculptor will work with some people again and again. A short time later, the armorer Johann Carl (1587–1665), who provided the overall design for the Schlütter tomb (1008), was also involved in the planning for the peace monument. Schweigger worked with Christoph Ritter, who provided the wax model for the Schlütter bust that Schweigger prepared for casting, on the Tucher Altar in 1657/58 and from 1660 on the Neptune Fountain. The gunmetal foundry Johann Wurzelbauer, who cast the bust, the typist and arithmetic master Ulrich Hofmann, who designed the fonts for the bronze plaques, and the painter Michael Herr are no longer mentioned together with Schweigger in later sources. Nevertheless, their collaboration points to the sculptor's growing network. 1006 Maué 1998a, p. 255 ff. 1007 Ibid., p. 246. 1008 A design drawing has been preserved in the copper engraving cabinet of the Germanisches Nationalmuseum, inv. no. Hz 6924; see Maué 1998 b, p. 20. _______________ Artists involved: - Johann Carl (1587 - 1665, armorer): Overall design - Christoph Ritter(1610 – 1676, goldsmith, sculptor, medalist): Wax model for the Schlütter bust - Johann Wurzelbauer (1595 - 1656, redsmith, ore founder): Casting the bust - Ulrich Hofmann (1610 - 1682, writing and calculating master): Design of the fonts for the bronze plaques

Wall tomb of Johann Schlüter from Lübeck, son of the merchant and merchant Heinrich Schlüter and his wife Margaretha Mechelborch, murdered near Weinsfeld in 1646. ______________________________________ Carolin Ott: Georg Schweigger (1613–1690). The work of the Nuremberg sculptor as reflected in the reception of Dürer from the 16th to 20th centuries. century Heidelberg University / University Library, 2023 / arthistoricum.net Page 254: In the last year of the war, Schweigger received the commission to make his first portrait bust for the tomb of Johann Schlütter in the Nuremberg Johannisfriedhof. (1006) The life-size bronze bust of the merchant's son from Lübeck, who was the victim of a robbery near Nuremberg on his journey to Italy, is, according to Claudia Maué, "the most important bourgeois portrait sculpture of the 17th century in Nuremberg" (1007) . The complex project is the first project on which Schweigger is proven to have worked together with representatives of other trades, a form of work that is expected to become typical for the coming decades. From now on, the sculptor will work with some people again and again. A short time later, the armorer Johann Carl (1587–1665), who provided the overall design for the Schlütter tomb (1008), was also involved in the planning for the peace monument. Schweigger worked with Christoph Ritter, who provided the wax model for the Schlütter bust that Schweigger prepared for casting, on the Tucher Altar in 1657/58 and from 1660 on the Neptune Fountain. The gunmetal foundry Johann Wurzelbauer, who cast the bust, the typist and arithmetic master Ulrich Hofmann, who designed the fonts for the bronze plaques, and the painter Michael Herr are no longer mentioned together with Schweigger in later sources. Nevertheless, their collaboration points to the sculptor's growing network. 1006 Maué 1998a, p. 255 ff. 1007 Ibid., p. 246. 1008 A design drawing has been preserved in the copper engraving cabinet of the Germanisches Nationalmuseum, inv. no. Hz 6924; see Maué 1998 b, p. 20. _______________ Artists involved: - Johann Carl (1587 - 1665, armorer): Overall design - Christoph Ritter(1610 – 1676, goldsmith, sculptor, medalist): Wax model for the Schlütter bust - Johann Wurzelbauer (1595 - 1656, redsmith, ore founder): Casting the bust - Ulrich Hofmann (1610 - 1682, writing and calculating master): Design of the fonts for the bronze plaques

Wall tomb of Johann Schlüter from Lübeck, son of the merchant and merchant Heinrich Schlüter and his wife Margaretha Mechelborch, murdered near Weinsfeld in 1646. ______________________________________ Carolin Ott: Georg Schweigger (1613–1690). The work of the Nuremberg sculptor as reflected in the reception of Dürer from the 16th to 20th centuries. century Heidelberg University / University Library, 2023 / arthistoricum.net Page 254: In the last year of the war, Schweigger received the commission to make his first portrait bust for the tomb of Johann Schlütter in the Nuremberg Johannisfriedhof. (1006) The life-size bronze bust of the merchant's son from Lübeck, who was the victim of a robbery near Nuremberg on his journey to Italy, is, according to Claudia Maué, "the most important bourgeois portrait sculpture of the 17th century in Nuremberg" (1007) . The complex project is the first project on which Schweigger is proven to have worked together with representatives of other trades, a form of work that is expected to become typical for the coming decades. From now on, the sculptor will work with some people again and again. A short time later, the armorer Johann Carl (1587–1665), who provided the overall design for the Schlütter tomb (1008), was also involved in the planning for the peace monument. Schweigger worked with Christoph Ritter, who provided the wax model for the Schlütter bust that Schweigger prepared for casting, on the Tucher Altar in 1657/58 and from 1660 on the Neptune Fountain. The gunmetal foundry Johann Wurzelbauer, who cast the bust, the typist and arithmetic master Ulrich Hofmann, who designed the fonts for the bronze plaques, and the painter Michael Herr are no longer mentioned together with Schweigger in later sources. Nevertheless, their collaboration points to the sculptor's growing network. 1006 Maué 1998a, p. 255 ff. 1007 Ibid., p. 246. 1008 A design drawing has been preserved in the copper engraving cabinet of the Germanisches Nationalmuseum, inv. no. Hz 6924; see Maué 1998 b, p. 20. _______________ Artists involved: - Johann Carl (1587 - 1665, armorer): Overall design - Christoph Ritter(1610 – 1676, goldsmith, sculptor, medalist): Wax model for the Schlütter bust - Johann Wurzelbauer (1595 - 1656, redsmith, ore founder): Casting the bust - Ulrich Hofmann (1610 - 1682, writing and calculating master): Design of the fonts for the bronze plaques

Wall tomb of Johann Schlüter from Lübeck, son of the merchant and merchant Heinrich Schlüter and his wife Margaretha Mechelborch, murdered near Weinsfeld in 1646. ______________________________________ Carolin Ott: Georg Schweigger (1613–1690). The work of the Nuremberg sculptor as reflected in the reception of Dürer from the 16th to 20th centuries. century Heidelberg University / University Library, 2023 / arthistoricum.net Page 254: In the last year of the war, Schweigger received the commission to make his first portrait bust for the tomb of Johann Schlütter in the Nuremberg Johannisfriedhof. (1006) The life-size bronze bust of the merchant's son from Lübeck, who was the victim of a robbery near Nuremberg on his journey to Italy, is, according to Claudia Maué, "the most important bourgeois portrait sculpture of the 17th century in Nuremberg" (1007) . The complex project is the first project on which Schweigger is proven to have worked together with representatives of other trades, a form of work that is expected to become typical for the coming decades. From now on, the sculptor will work with some people again and again. A short time later, the armorer Johann Carl (1587–1665), who provided the overall design for the Schlütter tomb (1008), was also involved in the planning for the peace monument. Schweigger worked with Christoph Ritter, who provided the wax model for the Schlütter bust that Schweigger prepared for casting, on the Tucher Altar in 1657/58 and from 1660 on the Neptune Fountain. The gunmetal foundry Johann Wurzelbauer, who cast the bust, the typist and arithmetic master Ulrich Hofmann, who designed the fonts for the bronze plaques, and the painter Michael Herr are no longer mentioned together with Schweigger in later sources. Nevertheless, their collaboration points to the sculptor's growing network. 1006 Maué 1998a, p. 255 ff. 1007 Ibid., p. 246. 1008 A design drawing has been preserved in the copper engraving cabinet of the Germanisches Nationalmuseum, inv. no. Hz 6924; see Maué 1998 b, p. 20. _______________ Artists involved: - Johann Carl (1587 - 1665, armorer): Overall design - Christoph Ritter(1610 – 1676, goldsmith, sculptor, medalist): Wax model for the Schlütter bust - Johann Wurzelbauer (1595 - 1656, redsmith, ore founder): Casting the bust - Ulrich Hofmann (1610 - 1682, writing and calculating master): Design of the fonts for the bronze plaques

Wall tomb of Johann Schlüter from Lübeck, son of the merchant and merchant Heinrich Schlüter and his wife Margaretha Mechelborch, murdered near Weinsfeld in 1646. ______________________________________ Carolin Ott: Georg Schweigger (1613–1690). The work of the Nuremberg sculptor as reflected in the reception of Dürer from the 16th to 20th centuries. century Heidelberg University / University Library, 2023 / arthistoricum.net Page 254: In the last year of the war, Schweigger received the commission to make his first portrait bust for the tomb of Johann Schlütter in the Nuremberg Johannisfriedhof. (1006) The life-size bronze bust of the merchant's son from Lübeck, who was the victim of a robbery near Nuremberg on his journey to Italy, is, according to Claudia Maué, "the most important bourgeois portrait sculpture of the 17th century in Nuremberg" (1007) . The complex project is the first project on which Schweigger is proven to have worked together with representatives of other trades, a form of work that is expected to become typical for the coming decades. From now on, the sculptor will work with some people again and again. A short time later, the armorer Johann Carl (1587–1665), who provided the overall design for the Schlütter tomb (1008), was also involved in the planning for the peace monument. Schweigger worked with Christoph Ritter, who provided the wax model for the Schlütter bust that Schweigger prepared for casting, on the Tucher Altar in 1657/58 and from 1660 on the Neptune Fountain. The gunmetal foundry Johann Wurzelbauer, who cast the bust, the typist and arithmetic master Ulrich Hofmann, who designed the fonts for the bronze plaques, and the painter Michael Herr are no longer mentioned together with Schweigger in later sources. Nevertheless, their collaboration points to the sculptor's growing network. 1006 Maué 1998a, p. 255 ff. 1007 Ibid., p. 246. 1008 A design drawing has been preserved in the copper engraving cabinet of the Germanisches Nationalmuseum, inv. no. Hz 6924; see Maué 1998 b, p. 20. _______________ Artists involved: - Johann Carl (1587 - 1665, armorer): Overall design - Christoph Ritter(1610 – 1676, goldsmith, sculptor, medalist): Wax model for the Schlütter bust - Johann Wurzelbauer (1595 - 1656, redsmith, ore founder): Casting the bust - Ulrich Hofmann (1610 - 1682, writing and calculating master): Design of the fonts for the bronze plaques

Wall tomb of Johann Schlüter from Lübeck, son of the merchant and merchant Heinrich Schlüter and his wife Margaretha Mechelborch, murdered near Weinsfeld in 1646. ______________________________________ Carolin Ott: Georg Schweigger (1613–1690). The work of the Nuremberg sculptor as reflected in the reception of Dürer from the 16th to 20th centuries. century Heidelberg University / University Library, 2023 / arthistoricum.net Page 254: In the last year of the war, Schweigger received the commission to make his first portrait bust for the tomb of Johann Schlütter in the Nuremberg Johannisfriedhof. (1006) The life-size bronze bust of the merchant's son from Lübeck, who was the victim of a robbery near Nuremberg on his journey to Italy, is, according to Claudia Maué, "the most important bourgeois portrait sculpture of the 17th century in Nuremberg" (1007) . The complex project is the first project on which Schweigger is proven to have worked together with representatives of other trades, a form of work that is expected to become typical for the coming decades. From now on, the sculptor will work with some people again and again. A short time later, the armorer Johann Carl (1587–1665), who provided the overall design for the Schlütter tomb (1008), was also involved in the planning for the peace monument. Schweigger worked with Christoph Ritter, who provided the wax model for the Schlütter bust that Schweigger prepared for casting, on the Tucher Altar in 1657/58 and from 1660 on the Neptune Fountain. The gunmetal foundry Johann Wurzelbauer, who cast the bust, the typist and arithmetic master Ulrich Hofmann, who designed the fonts for the bronze plaques, and the painter Michael Herr are no longer mentioned together with Schweigger in later sources. Nevertheless, their collaboration points to the sculptor's growing network. 1006 Maué 1998a, p. 255 ff. 1007 Ibid., p. 246. 1008 A design drawing has been preserved in the copper engraving cabinet of the Germanisches Nationalmuseum, inv. no. Hz 6924; see Maué 1998 b, p. 20. _______________ Artists involved: - Johann Carl (1587 - 1665, armorer): Overall design - Christoph Ritter(1610 – 1676, goldsmith, sculptor, medalist): Wax model for the Schlütter bust - Johann Wurzelbauer (1595 - 1656, redsmith, ore founder): Casting the bust - Ulrich Hofmann (1610 - 1682, writing and calculating master): Design of the fonts for the bronze plaques

Wall tomb of Johann Schlüter from Lübeck, son of the merchant and merchant Heinrich Schlüter and his wife Margaretha Mechelborch, murdered near Weinsfeld in 1646. ______________________________________ Carolin Ott: Georg Schweigger (1613–1690). The work of the Nuremberg sculptor as reflected in the reception of Dürer from the 16th to 20th centuries. century Heidelberg University / University Library, 2023 / arthistoricum.net Page 254: In the last year of the war, Schweigger received the commission to make his first portrait bust for the tomb of Johann Schlütter in the Nuremberg Johannisfriedhof. (1006) The life-size bronze bust of the merchant's son from Lübeck, who was the victim of a robbery near Nuremberg on his journey to Italy, is, according to Claudia Maué, "the most important bourgeois portrait sculpture of the 17th century in Nuremberg" (1007) . The complex project is the first project on which Schweigger is proven to have worked together with representatives of other trades, a form of work that is expected to become typical for the coming decades. From now on, the sculptor will work with some people again and again. A short time later, the armorer Johann Carl (1587–1665), who provided the overall design for the Schlütter tomb (1008), was also involved in the planning for the peace monument. Schweigger worked with Christoph Ritter, who provided the wax model for the Schlütter bust that Schweigger prepared for casting, on the Tucher Altar in 1657/58 and from 1660 on the Neptune Fountain. The gunmetal foundry Johann Wurzelbauer, who cast the bust, the typist and arithmetic master Ulrich Hofmann, who designed the fonts for the bronze plaques, and the painter Michael Herr are no longer mentioned together with Schweigger in later sources. Nevertheless, their collaboration points to the sculptor's growing network. 1006 Maué 1998a, p. 255 ff. 1007 Ibid., p. 246. 1008 A design drawing has been preserved in the copper engraving cabinet of the Germanisches Nationalmuseum, inv. no. Hz 6924; see Maué 1998 b, p. 20. _______________ Artists involved: - Johann Carl (1587 - 1665, armorer): Overall design - Christoph Ritter(1610 – 1676, goldsmith, sculptor, medalist): Wax model for the Schlütter bust - Johann Wurzelbauer (1595 - 1656, redsmith, ore founder): Casting the bust - Ulrich Hofmann (1610 - 1682, writing and calculating master): Design of the fonts for the bronze plaques

Wall tomb of Johann Schlüter from Lübeck, son of the merchant and merchant Heinrich Schlüter and his wife Margaretha Mechelborch, murdered near Weinsfeld in 1646. ______________________________________ Carolin Ott: Georg Schweigger (1613–1690). The work of the Nuremberg sculptor as reflected in the reception of Dürer from the 16th to 20th centuries. century Heidelberg University / University Library, 2023 / arthistoricum.net Page 254: In the last year of the war, Schweigger received the commission to make his first portrait bust for the tomb of Johann Schlütter in the Nuremberg Johannisfriedhof. (1006) The life-size bronze bust of the merchant's son from Lübeck, who was the victim of a robbery near Nuremberg on his journey to Italy, is, according to Claudia Maué, "the most important bourgeois portrait sculpture of the 17th century in Nuremberg" (1007) . The complex project is the first project on which Schweigger is proven to have worked together with representatives of other trades, a form of work that is expected to become typical for the coming decades. From now on, the sculptor will work with some people again and again. A short time later, the armorer Johann Carl (1587–1665), who provided the overall design for the Schlütter tomb (1008), was also involved in the planning for the peace monument. Schweigger worked with Christoph Ritter, who provided the wax model for the Schlütter bust that Schweigger prepared for casting, on the Tucher Altar in 1657/58 and from 1660 on the Neptune Fountain. The gunmetal foundry Johann Wurzelbauer, who cast the bust, the typist and arithmetic master Ulrich Hofmann, who designed the fonts for the bronze plaques, and the painter Michael Herr are no longer mentioned together with Schweigger in later sources. Nevertheless, their collaboration points to the sculptor's growing network. 1006 Maué 1998a, p. 255 ff. 1007 Ibid., p. 246. 1008 A design drawing has been preserved in the copper engraving cabinet of the Germanisches Nationalmuseum, inv. no. Hz 6924; see Maué 1998 b, p. 20. _______________ Artists involved: - Johann Carl (1587 - 1665, armorer): Overall design - Christoph Ritter(1610 – 1676, goldsmith, sculptor, medalist): Wax model for the Schlütter bust - Johann Wurzelbauer (1595 - 1656, redsmith, ore founder): Casting the bust - Ulrich Hofmann (1610 - 1682, writing and calculating master): Design of the fonts for the bronze plaques

Wall tomb of Johann Schlüter from Lübeck, son of the merchant and merchant Heinrich Schlüter and his wife Margaretha Mechelborch, murdered near Weinsfeld in 1646. ______________________________________ Carolin Ott: Georg Schweigger (1613–1690). The work of the Nuremberg sculptor as reflected in the reception of Dürer from the 16th to 20th centuries. century Heidelberg University / University Library, 2023 / arthistoricum.net Page 254: In the last year of the war, Schweigger received the commission to make his first portrait bust for the tomb of Johann Schlütter in the Nuremberg Johannisfriedhof. (1006) The life-size bronze bust of the merchant's son from Lübeck, who was the victim of a robbery near Nuremberg on his journey to Italy, is, according to Claudia Maué, "the most important bourgeois portrait sculpture of the 17th century in Nuremberg" (1007) . The complex project is the first project on which Schweigger is proven to have worked together with representatives of other trades, a form of work that is expected to become typical for the coming decades. From now on, the sculptor will work with some people again and again. A short time later, the armorer Johann Carl (1587–1665), who provided the overall design for the Schlütter tomb (1008), was also involved in the planning for the peace monument. Schweigger worked with Christoph Ritter, who provided the wax model for the Schlütter bust that Schweigger prepared for casting, on the Tucher Altar in 1657/58 and from 1660 on the Neptune Fountain. The gunmetal foundry Johann Wurzelbauer, who cast the bust, the typist and arithmetic master Ulrich Hofmann, who designed the fonts for the bronze plaques, and the painter Michael Herr are no longer mentioned together with Schweigger in later sources. Nevertheless, their collaboration points to the sculptor's growing network. 1006 Maué 1998a, p. 255 ff. 1007 Ibid., p. 246. 1008 A design drawing has been preserved in the copper engraving cabinet of the Germanisches Nationalmuseum, inv. no. Hz 6924; see Maué 1998 b, p. 20. _______________ Artists involved: - Johann Carl (1587 - 1665, armorer): Overall design - Christoph Ritter(1610 – 1676, goldsmith, sculptor, medalist): Wax model for the Schlütter bust - Johann Wurzelbauer (1595 - 1656, redsmith, ore founder): Casting the bust - Ulrich Hofmann (1610 - 1682, writing and calculating master): Design of the fonts for the bronze plaques

Wall tomb of Johann Schlüter from Lübeck, son of the merchant and merchant Heinrich Schlüter and his wife Margaretha Mechelborch, murdered near Weinsfeld in 1646. ______________________________________ Carolin Ott: Georg Schweigger (1613–1690). The work of the Nuremberg sculptor as reflected in the reception of Dürer from the 16th to 20th centuries. century Heidelberg University / University Library, 2023 / arthistoricum.net Page 254: In the last year of the war, Schweigger received the commission to make his first portrait bust for the tomb of Johann Schlütter in the Nuremberg Johannisfriedhof. (1006) The life-size bronze bust of the merchant's son from Lübeck, who was the victim of a robbery near Nuremberg on his journey to Italy, is, according to Claudia Maué, "the most important bourgeois portrait sculpture of the 17th century in Nuremberg" (1007) . The complex project is the first project on which Schweigger is proven to have worked together with representatives of other trades, a form of work that is expected to become typical for the coming decades. From now on, the sculptor will work with some people again and again. A short time later, the armorer Johann Carl (1587–1665), who provided the overall design for the Schlütter tomb (1008), was also involved in the planning for the peace monument. Schweigger worked with Christoph Ritter, who provided the wax model for the Schlütter bust that Schweigger prepared for casting, on the Tucher Altar in 1657/58 and from 1660 on the Neptune Fountain. The gunmetal foundry Johann Wurzelbauer, who cast the bust, the typist and arithmetic master Ulrich Hofmann, who designed the fonts for the bronze plaques, and the painter Michael Herr are no longer mentioned together with Schweigger in later sources. Nevertheless, their collaboration points to the sculptor's growing network. 1006 Maué 1998a, p. 255 ff. 1007 Ibid., p. 246. 1008 A design drawing has been preserved in the copper engraving cabinet of the Germanisches Nationalmuseum, inv. no. Hz 6924; see Maué 1998 b, p. 20. _______________ Artists involved: - Johann Carl (1587 - 1665, armorer): Overall design - Christoph Ritter(1610 – 1676, goldsmith, sculptor, medalist): Wax model for the Schlütter bust - Johann Wurzelbauer (1595 - 1656, redsmith, ore founder): Casting the bust - Ulrich Hofmann (1610 - 1682, writing and calculating master): Design of the fonts for the bronze plaques

Wall tomb of Johann Schlüter from Lübeck, son of the merchant and merchant Heinrich Schlüter and his wife Margaretha Mechelborch, murdered near Weinsfeld in 1646. ______________________________________ Carolin Ott: Georg Schweigger (1613–1690). The work of the Nuremberg sculptor as reflected in the reception of Dürer from the 16th to 20th centuries. century Heidelberg University / University Library, 2023 / arthistoricum.net Page 254: In the last year of the war, Schweigger received the commission to make his first portrait bust for the tomb of Johann Schlütter in the Nuremberg Johannisfriedhof. (1006) The life-size bronze bust of the merchant's son from Lübeck, who was the victim of a robbery near Nuremberg on his journey to Italy, is, according to Claudia Maué, "the most important bourgeois portrait sculpture of the 17th century in Nuremberg" (1007) . The complex project is the first project on which Schweigger is proven to have worked together with representatives of other trades, a form of work that is expected to become typical for the coming decades. From now on, the sculptor will work with some people again and again. A short time later, the armorer Johann Carl (1587–1665), who provided the overall design for the Schlütter tomb (1008), was also involved in the planning for the peace monument. Schweigger worked with Christoph Ritter, who provided the wax model for the Schlütter bust that Schweigger prepared for casting, on the Tucher Altar in 1657/58 and from 1660 on the Neptune Fountain. The gunmetal foundry Johann Wurzelbauer, who cast the bust, the typist and arithmetic master Ulrich Hofmann, who designed the fonts for the bronze plaques, and the painter Michael Herr are no longer mentioned together with Schweigger in later sources. Nevertheless, their collaboration points to the sculptor's growing network. 1006 Maué 1998a, p. 255 ff. 1007 Ibid., p. 246. 1008 A design drawing has been preserved in the copper engraving cabinet of the Germanisches Nationalmuseum, inv. no. Hz 6924; see Maué 1998 b, p. 20. _______________ Artists involved: - Johann Carl (1587 - 1665, armorer): Overall design - Christoph Ritter(1610 – 1676, goldsmith, sculptor, medalist): Wax model for the Schlütter bust - Johann Wurzelbauer (1595 - 1656, redsmith, ore founder): Casting the bust - Ulrich Hofmann (1610 - 1682, writing and calculating master): Design of the fonts for the bronze plaques

Wall tomb of Johann Schlüter from Lübeck, son of the merchant and merchant Heinrich Schlüter and his wife Margaretha Mechelborch, murdered near Weinsfeld in 1646. ______________________________________ Carolin Ott: Georg Schweigger (1613–1690). The work of the Nuremberg sculptor as reflected in the reception of Dürer from the 16th to 20th centuries. century Heidelberg University / University Library, 2023 / arthistoricum.net Page 254: In the last year of the war, Schweigger received the commission to make his first portrait bust for the tomb of Johann Schlütter in the Nuremberg Johannisfriedhof. (1006) The life-size bronze bust of the merchant's son from Lübeck, who was the victim of a robbery near Nuremberg on his journey to Italy, is, according to Claudia Maué, "the most important bourgeois portrait sculpture of the 17th century in Nuremberg" (1007) . The complex project is the first project on which Schweigger is proven to have worked together with representatives of other trades, a form of work that is expected to become typical for the coming decades. From now on, the sculptor will work with some people again and again. A short time later, the armorer Johann Carl (1587–1665), who provided the overall design for the Schlütter tomb (1008), was also involved in the planning for the peace monument. Schweigger worked with Christoph Ritter, who provided the wax model for the Schlütter bust that Schweigger prepared for casting, on the Tucher Altar in 1657/58 and from 1660 on the Neptune Fountain. The gunmetal foundry Johann Wurzelbauer, who cast the bust, the typist and arithmetic master Ulrich Hofmann, who designed the fonts for the bronze plaques, and the painter Michael Herr are no longer mentioned together with Schweigger in later sources. Nevertheless, their collaboration points to the sculptor's growing network. 1006 Maué 1998a, p. 255 ff. 1007 Ibid., p. 246. 1008 A design drawing has been preserved in the copper engraving cabinet of the Germanisches Nationalmuseum, inv. no. Hz 6924; see Maué 1998 b, p. 20. _______________ Artists involved: - Johann Carl (1587 - 1665, armorer): Overall design - Christoph Ritter(1610 – 1676, goldsmith, sculptor, medalist): Wax model for the Schlütter bust - Johann Wurzelbauer (1595 - 1656, redsmith, ore founder): Casting the bust - Ulrich Hofmann (1610 - 1682, writing and calculating master): Design of the fonts for the bronze plaques

Wall tomb of Johann Schlüter from Lübeck, son of the merchant and merchant Heinrich Schlüter and his wife Margaretha Mechelborch, murdered near Weinsfeld in 1646. ______________________________________ Carolin Ott: Georg Schweigger (1613–1690). The work of the Nuremberg sculptor as reflected in the reception of Dürer from the 16th to 20th centuries. century Heidelberg University / University Library, 2023 / arthistoricum.net Page 254: In the last year of the war, Schweigger received the commission to make his first portrait bust for the tomb of Johann Schlütter in the Nuremberg Johannisfriedhof. (1006) The life-size bronze bust of the merchant's son from Lübeck, who was the victim of a robbery near Nuremberg on his journey to Italy, is, according to Claudia Maué, "the most important bourgeois portrait sculpture of the 17th century in Nuremberg" (1007) . The complex project is the first project on which Schweigger is proven to have worked together with representatives of other trades, a form of work that is expected to become typical for the coming decades. From now on, the sculptor will work with some people again and again. A short time later, the armorer Johann Carl (1587–1665), who provided the overall design for the Schlütter tomb (1008), was also involved in the planning for the peace monument. Schweigger worked with Christoph Ritter, who provided the wax model for the Schlütter bust that Schweigger prepared for casting, on the Tucher Altar in 1657/58 and from 1660 on the Neptune Fountain. The gunmetal foundry Johann Wurzelbauer, who cast the bust, the typist and arithmetic master Ulrich Hofmann, who designed the fonts for the bronze plaques, and the painter Michael Herr are no longer mentioned together with Schweigger in later sources. Nevertheless, their collaboration points to the sculptor's growing network. 1006 Maué 1998a, p. 255 ff. 1007 Ibid., p. 246. 1008 A design drawing has been preserved in the copper engraving cabinet of the Germanisches Nationalmuseum, inv. no. Hz 6924; see Maué 1998 b, p. 20. _______________ Artists involved: - Johann Carl (1587 - 1665, armorer): Overall design - Christoph Ritter(1610 – 1676, goldsmith, sculptor, medalist): Wax model for the Schlütter bust - Johann Wurzelbauer (1595 - 1656, redsmith, ore founder): Casting the bust - Ulrich Hofmann (1610 - 1682, writing and calculating master): Design of the fonts for the bronze plaques

Wall tomb of Johann Schlüter from Lübeck, son of the merchant and merchant Heinrich Schlüter and his wife Margaretha Mechelborch, murdered near Weinsfeld in 1646. ______________________________________ Carolin Ott: Georg Schweigger (1613–1690). The work of the Nuremberg sculptor as reflected in the reception of Dürer from the 16th to 20th centuries. century Heidelberg University / University Library, 2023 / arthistoricum.net Page 254: In the last year of the war, Schweigger received the commission to make his first portrait bust for the tomb of Johann Schlütter in the Nuremberg Johannisfriedhof. (1006) The life-size bronze bust of the merchant's son from Lübeck, who was the victim of a robbery near Nuremberg on his journey to Italy, is, according to Claudia Maué, "the most important bourgeois portrait sculpture of the 17th century in Nuremberg" (1007) . The complex project is the first project on which Schweigger is proven to have worked together with representatives of other trades, a form of work that is expected to become typical for the coming decades. From now on, the sculptor will work with some people again and again. A short time later, the armorer Johann Carl (1587–1665), who provided the overall design for the Schlütter tomb (1008), was also involved in the planning for the peace monument. Schweigger worked with Christoph Ritter, who provided the wax model for the Schlütter bust that Schweigger prepared for casting, on the Tucher Altar in 1657/58 and from 1660 on the Neptune Fountain. The gunmetal foundry Johann Wurzelbauer, who cast the bust, the typist and arithmetic master Ulrich Hofmann, who designed the fonts for the bronze plaques, and the painter Michael Herr are no longer mentioned together with Schweigger in later sources. Nevertheless, their collaboration points to the sculptor's growing network. 1006 Maué 1998a, p. 255 ff. 1007 Ibid., p. 246. 1008 A design drawing has been preserved in the copper engraving cabinet of the Germanisches Nationalmuseum, inv. no. Hz 6924; see Maué 1998 b, p. 20. _______________ Artists involved: - Johann Carl (1587 - 1665, armorer): Overall design - Christoph Ritter(1610 – 1676, goldsmith, sculptor, medalist): Wax model for the Schlütter bust - Johann Wurzelbauer (1595 - 1656, redsmith, ore founder): Casting the bust - Ulrich Hofmann (1610 - 1682, writing and calculating master): Design of the fonts for the bronze plaques

Wall tomb of Johann Schlüter from Lübeck, son of the merchant and merchant Heinrich Schlüter and his wife Margaretha Mechelborch, murdered near Weinsfeld in 1646. ______________________________________ Carolin Ott: Georg Schweigger (1613–1690). The work of the Nuremberg sculptor as reflected in the reception of Dürer from the 16th to 20th centuries. century Heidelberg University / University Library, 2023 / arthistoricum.net Page 254: In the last year of the war, Schweigger received the commission to make his first portrait bust for the tomb of Johann Schlütter in the Nuremberg Johannisfriedhof. (1006) The life-size bronze bust of the merchant's son from Lübeck, who was the victim of a robbery near Nuremberg on his journey to Italy, is, according to Claudia Maué, "the most important bourgeois portrait sculpture of the 17th century in Nuremberg" (1007) . The complex project is the first project on which Schweigger is proven to have worked together with representatives of other trades, a form of work that is expected to become typical for the coming decades. From now on, the sculptor will work with some people again and again. A short time later, the armorer Johann Carl (1587–1665), who provided the overall design for the Schlütter tomb (1008), was also involved in the planning for the peace monument. Schweigger worked with Christoph Ritter, who provided the wax model for the Schlütter bust that Schweigger prepared for casting, on the Tucher Altar in 1657/58 and from 1660 on the Neptune Fountain. The gunmetal foundry Johann Wurzelbauer, who cast the bust, the typist and arithmetic master Ulrich Hofmann, who designed the fonts for the bronze plaques, and the painter Michael Herr are no longer mentioned together with Schweigger in later sources. Nevertheless, their collaboration points to the sculptor's growing network. 1006 Maué 1998a, p. 255 ff. 1007 Ibid., p. 246. 1008 A design drawing has been preserved in the copper engraving cabinet of the Germanisches Nationalmuseum, inv. no. Hz 6924; see Maué 1998 b, p. 20. _______________ Artists involved: - Johann Carl (1587 - 1665, armorer): Overall design - Christoph Ritter(1610 – 1676, goldsmith, sculptor, medalist): Wax model for the Schlütter bust - Johann Wurzelbauer (1595 - 1656, redsmith, ore founder): Casting the bust - Ulrich Hofmann (1610 - 1682, writing and calculating master): Design of the fonts for the bronze plaques

Wall tomb of Johann Schlüter from Lübeck, son of the merchant and merchant Heinrich Schlüter and his wife Margaretha Mechelborch, murdered near Weinsfeld in 1646. ______________________________________ Carolin Ott: Georg Schweigger (1613–1690). The work of the Nuremberg sculptor as reflected in the reception of Dürer from the 16th to 20th centuries. century Heidelberg University / University Library, 2023 / arthistoricum.net Page 254: In the last year of the war, Schweigger received the commission to make his first portrait bust for the tomb of Johann Schlütter in the Nuremberg Johannisfriedhof. (1006) The life-size bronze bust of the merchant's son from Lübeck, who was the victim of a robbery near Nuremberg on his journey to Italy, is, according to Claudia Maué, "the most important bourgeois portrait sculpture of the 17th century in Nuremberg" (1007) . The complex project is the first project on which Schweigger is proven to have worked together with representatives of other trades, a form of work that is expected to become typical for the coming decades. From now on, the sculptor will work with some people again and again. A short time later, the armorer Johann Carl (1587–1665), who provided the overall design for the Schlütter tomb (1008), was also involved in the planning for the peace monument. Schweigger worked with Christoph Ritter, who provided the wax model for the Schlütter bust that Schweigger prepared for casting, on the Tucher Altar in 1657/58 and from 1660 on the Neptune Fountain. The gunmetal foundry Johann Wurzelbauer, who cast the bust, the typist and arithmetic master Ulrich Hofmann, who designed the fonts for the bronze plaques, and the painter Michael Herr are no longer mentioned together with Schweigger in later sources. Nevertheless, their collaboration points to the sculptor's growing network. 1006 Maué 1998a, p. 255 ff. 1007 Ibid., p. 246. 1008 A design drawing has been preserved in the copper engraving cabinet of the Germanisches Nationalmuseum, inv. no. Hz 6924; see Maué 1998 b, p. 20. _______________ Artists involved: - Johann Carl (1587 - 1665, armorer): Overall design - Christoph Ritter(1610 – 1676, goldsmith, sculptor, medalist): Wax model for the Schlütter bust - Johann Wurzelbauer (1595 - 1656, redsmith, ore founder): Casting the bust - Ulrich Hofmann (1610 - 1682, writing and calculating master): Design of the fonts for the bronze plaques

Wall tomb of Johann Schlüter from Lübeck, son of the merchant and merchant Heinrich Schlüter and his wife Margaretha Mechelborch, murdered near Weinsfeld in 1646. ______________________________________ Carolin Ott: Georg Schweigger (1613–1690). The work of the Nuremberg sculptor as reflected in the reception of Dürer from the 16th to 20th centuries. century Heidelberg University / University Library, 2023 / arthistoricum.net Page 254: In the last year of the war, Schweigger received the commission to make his first portrait bust for the tomb of Johann Schlütter in the Nuremberg Johannisfriedhof. (1006) The life-size bronze bust of the merchant's son from Lübeck, who was the victim of a robbery near Nuremberg on his journey to Italy, is, according to Claudia Maué, "the most important bourgeois portrait sculpture of the 17th century in Nuremberg" (1007) . The complex project is the first project on which Schweigger is proven to have worked together with representatives of other trades, a form of work that is expected to become typical for the coming decades. From now on, the sculptor will work with some people again and again. A short time later, the armorer Johann Carl (1587–1665), who provided the overall design for the Schlütter tomb (1008), was also involved in the planning for the peace monument. Schweigger worked with Christoph Ritter, who provided the wax model for the Schlütter bust that Schweigger prepared for casting, on the Tucher Altar in 1657/58 and from 1660 on the Neptune Fountain. The gunmetal foundry Johann Wurzelbauer, who cast the bust, the typist and arithmetic master Ulrich Hofmann, who designed the fonts for the bronze plaques, and the painter Michael Herr are no longer mentioned together with Schweigger in later sources. Nevertheless, their collaboration points to the sculptor's growing network. 1006 Maué 1998a, p. 255 ff. 1007 Ibid., p. 246. 1008 A design drawing has been preserved in the copper engraving cabinet of the Germanisches Nationalmuseum, inv. no. Hz 6924; see Maué 1998 b, p. 20. _______________ Artists involved: - Johann Carl (1587 - 1665, armorer): Overall design - Christoph Ritter(1610 – 1676, goldsmith, sculptor, medalist): Wax model for the Schlütter bust - Johann Wurzelbauer (1595 - 1656, redsmith, ore founder): Casting the bust - Ulrich Hofmann (1610 - 1682, writing and calculating master): Design of the fonts for the bronze plaques

Wall tomb of Johann Schlüter from Lübeck, son of the merchant and merchant Heinrich Schlüter and his wife Margaretha Mechelborch, murdered near Weinsfeld in 1646. ______________________________________ Carolin Ott: Georg Schweigger (1613–1690). The work of the Nuremberg sculptor as reflected in the reception of Dürer from the 16th to 20th centuries. century Heidelberg University / University Library, 2023 / arthistoricum.net Page 254: In the last year of the war, Schweigger received the commission to make his first portrait bust for the tomb of Johann Schlütter in the Nuremberg Johannisfriedhof. (1006) The life-size bronze bust of the merchant's son from Lübeck, who was the victim of a robbery near Nuremberg on his journey to Italy, is, according to Claudia Maué, "the most important bourgeois portrait sculpture of the 17th century in Nuremberg" (1007) . The complex project is the first project on which Schweigger is proven to have worked together with representatives of other trades, a form of work that is expected to become typical for the coming decades. From now on, the sculptor will work with some people again and again. A short time later, the armorer Johann Carl (1587–1665), who provided the overall design for the Schlütter tomb (1008), was also involved in the planning for the peace monument. Schweigger worked with Christoph Ritter, who provided the wax model for the Schlütter bust that Schweigger prepared for casting, on the Tucher Altar in 1657/58 and from 1660 on the Neptune Fountain. The gunmetal foundry Johann Wurzelbauer, who cast the bust, the typist and arithmetic master Ulrich Hofmann, who designed the fonts for the bronze plaques, and the painter Michael Herr are no longer mentioned together with Schweigger in later sources. Nevertheless, their collaboration points to the sculptor's growing network. 1006 Maué 1998a, p. 255 ff. 1007 Ibid., p. 246. 1008 A design drawing has been preserved in the copper engraving cabinet of the Germanisches Nationalmuseum, inv. no. Hz 6924; see Maué 1998 b, p. 20. _______________ Artists involved: - Johann Carl (1587 - 1665, armorer): Overall design - Christoph Ritter(1610 – 1676, goldsmith, sculptor, medalist): Wax model for the Schlütter bust - Johann Wurzelbauer (1595 - 1656, redsmith, ore founder): Casting the bust - Ulrich Hofmann (1610 - 1682, writing and calculating master): Design of the fonts for the bronze plaques