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Hans Wertinger (1465-1533)
Aliases: Schwab; Schwabmaler
Professions: Painter; Glass painter; Illuminator
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Portrait of a gentleman, bust-length, in a red doublet with a brown fur cloak, a gold chain and a black cap
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Portrait of a gentleman, bust-length, in a red doublet with a brown fur cloak, a gold chain and a black cap
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Circle of Hans Wertinger (Landshut c.1465/70-1533)
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Circle of Hans Wertinger (Landshut c.1465/70-1533)
Hans Wertinger Biography
(b Landshut, c. 1465–70; d Landshut, 1533). German painter and woodcutter. An artist as ambitious as Lucas Cranach I, he became one of Germany’s first accredited court painters, working for the Dukes of Landshut in the triangular area defined by Ingolstadt, Straubing and Munich. The son of a functionary working for the Dukes, he was probably first taught by a certain Sigmund Gleismüller (c. 1449–1511). Hans Mair (Mair von Landshut), who had come from Augsburg and had settled in Landshut, seems to have prompted him to work as a journeyman in Augsburg. His acquisition of citizen’s rights in Landshut in 1491 suggests he was a master by that date. Mair seemingly procured him a series of commissions between 1497 and 1499 from Prince Bishop Philipp of Freising (1480–1541). The only work to survive from this period, however, is the large panel of the Life of St Sigismund (1498) in Freising Cathedral. It retains the deep tones associated with Augsburg painting, and its shape, with a pointed arch at the top, must also have been developed in Augsburg. As in Mair’s work, several scenes are assembled in the arch and the side sections, creating a cramped Late Gothic framing architecture, but Wertinger divests this of fantastical elements. The large heads and bulky angular bodies are also typically Late Gothic, yet the scenes of Sigismund’s martyrdom are set out in a peaceful way.
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