Franz Hoppenstätt (died 1657 or 1658) was a German-Estonian wood carver.

Life and works

Franz Hoppenstätt probably came originally from Bremen. His work is evident in Estonia from the 1640s. From 1653 he was a citizen of Tallinn.[1] There he worked as a wood carver. His Early Baroque works that were decorated with splendid acanthus ornamentation have become famous.

Particularly well known works include:

• The coloured pulpit of the church of Järva-Jaani made by Hoppenstätt with its magnificent carvings (1648)
• The decorated wall of the funerary chapel of Bogislaus von Rosen in St. Nicholas' Church, Tallinn (1655)[2]
• The door of the house, Pikk tänav 71, in the old town of Tallinn.[3]

None of the works bear Hoppenstätt's signature, so their attribution to him remains in doubt; but all three works are by the same artist.[4]

Hoppenstätt died in the late 1650s, probably of the plague.

See also

• List of Baltic German artists

References

External links

• Decorative wall of the funerary chapel of Bogislaus von Rosen (English)
• Ev. Luth. St. John's Church in Järva-Jaani

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