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Michel Erhart ( 1440 to 1445 – after 1522,
Erhart
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Frank Kressing: ''Konzept einer Stadtführung für die ehemalige freie Reichsstadt Ulm'', Universität Augsburg, 2006
{{DEFAULTSORT:Erhart, Michel Artists from Ulm 1440s births 16th-century deaths Gothic sculptors 15th-century German sculptors German male sculptors 16th-century German sculptors
Michel Erhart ( 1440 to 1445 – after 1522, Ulm
Ulm () is the sixth-largest city of the southwestern German state of Baden-Württemberg, and with around 129,000 inhabitants, it is Germany's 60th-largest city.
Ulm is located on the eastern edges of the Swabian Jura mountain range, on the up ...
) was a German late Gothic sculptor
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who lived and worked in Ulm
Ulm () is the sixth-largest city of the southwestern German state of Baden-Württemberg, and with around 129,000 inhabitants, it is Germany's 60th-largest city.
Ulm is located on the eastern edges of the Swabian Jura mountain range, on the up ...
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Life
Erhart spent hisjourneyman years
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in various regions including Konstanz
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and the Netherlands
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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
Jörg Syrlin the Elder (c. 1425 in Ulm – 1491 in Ulm) was a German sculptor
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, 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.
Further reading
* 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
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External links
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Frank Kressing: ''Konzept einer Stadtführung für die ehemalige freie Reichsstadt Ulm'', Universität Augsburg, 2006
{{DEFAULTSORT:Erhart, Michel Artists from Ulm 1440s births 16th-century deaths Gothic sculptors 15th-century German sculptors German male sculptors 16th-century German sculptors