Sebald Bopp on:
[Wikipedia]
[Google]
[Amazon]
Sebald Bopp (died 1502) was a German painter active around
''The Grove Encyclopedia of Northern Renaissance Art''
(2009) 15th-century births 1502 deaths 15th-century German painters German male painters {{Germany-painter-stub
Sebald Bopp (died 1502) was a German painter active around Bamberg
Bamberg (, , ; East Franconian German, East Franconian: ''Bambärch'') is a town in Upper Franconia district in Bavaria, Germany, on the river Regnitz close to its confluence with the river Main (river), Main. Bamberg had 79,000 inhabitants in ...
. Little is known about him; his name is first recorded in Würzburg
Würzburg (; Main-Franconian: ) is, after Nuremberg and Fürth, the Franconia#Towns and cities, third-largest city in Franconia located in the north of Bavaria. Würzburg is the administrative seat of the Regierungsbezirk Lower Franconia. It sp ...
, where he was listed as a journeyman in 1474, but his earliest known work remains in his native town. This is a depiction of the ''Sermon
A sermon is a religious discourse or oration by a preacher, usually a member of clergy. Sermons address a scriptural, theological, or moral topic, usually expounding on a type of belief, law, or behavior within both past and present context ...
of John of Capistrano
John of Capistrano, OFM (, , , ; 24 June 1386 – 23 October 1456) was an Italian Franciscan friar and Catholic priest from the town of Capestrano, Abruzzo. Famous as a preacher, theologian, and inquisitor, he earned himself the nickname "the ...
'', painted around 1480 and now in the Neue Residenze in Bamberg. The style of this painting, filled with representations of bourgeois
The bourgeoisie ( , ) are a class of business owners, merchants and wealthy people, in general, which emerged in the Late Middle Ages, originally as a "middle class" between the peasantry and Aristocracy (class), aristocracy. They are tradition ...
figures, appears to have been derived from the work of the Master of the Bamberg Altar
The Master of the Bamberg Altar (''floruit, fl.'' 1420–1440) was a German painter active in the Nuremberg area. His name is derived from an altarpiece depicting scenes from the Passion (Christianity), Passion, painted in 1429 for the Francisc ...
. After 1480 his activity is recorded in Nuremberg
Nuremberg (, ; ; in the local East Franconian dialect: ''Nämberch'' ) is the Franconia#Towns and cities, largest city in Franconia, the List of cities in Bavaria by population, second-largest city in the States of Germany, German state of Bav ...
, judging from a Crucifixion
Crucifixion is a method of capital punishment in which the condemned is tied or nailed to a large wooden cross, beam or stake and left to hang until eventual death. It was used as a punishment by the Achaemenid Empire, Persians, Ancient Carthag ...
memorial plaque, dating to 1483, honoring Peter and Apollonia Volckamer. Bopp returned to Bamberg at some point before his death; he died there in 1502.
References
''The Grove Encyclopedia of Northern Renaissance Art''
(2009) 15th-century births 1502 deaths 15th-century German painters German male painters {{Germany-painter-stub