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Philipp Uffenbach (15 January 1566 6 April 1636)[1] was a German painter and etcher. He was born in Frankfurt, and trained under Hans Grimmer.[2] One of his pupils was Adam Elsheimer. His interests included mechanics, geometry alchemy, and anatomy.[3]

Self-portrait of Philipp Uffenbach, 1591
Self-portrait of Philipp Uffenbach, 1591

Career


In 1598 Uffenbach obtained the citizenship of Frankfurt, after he had married and had taken over the painter's workshop of his father-in-law in 1592. Only a few of his paintings and engravings are preserved; an example is the oil painting Adoration of the Magi (1587).[4] His chief work is Ascension of Jesus of 1599,[5] which he painted for the Dominican-Church in Frankfurt on Main. Conserved fragments can be found in the Historical Museum of the City of Frankfurt. It is known that he worked on behalf of the council of the city, e.g. he represented the Brückenfreiheit at the tower of Old Bridge of Frankfurt on Main (1610), he colored the figure Justitia for the Fountain of Justicia on Römerberg. 1887 this figure had been replaced by a sculpture in bronze. For Landgrave Philipp III. (Hessen-Butzbach) of Hessen-Butzbach he made the ceiling fresco for the "Landgrafschloss" (landgrave's castle).

In 1598, he wrote the booklet Zeitweiser (time pointer) containing a printed diptych sundial. On the horizontal part of this sundial, he presented the oldest gnomonic world map known so far. He also was interested in the problem of squaring the circle and published the book with the title De quadratura circuli mechanici.[6]


References


  1. Jacoby, Joachim (2011). "An Unknown Drawing by Philipp Uffenbach in Dresden". Master Drawings. 49 (1): 63–66. ISSN 0025-5025. JSTOR 23050149.
  2. "RCIN 404717 - Witch Riding Backwards on a Goat". www.rct.uk. Retrieved 2021-03-04.
  3. Killy, Walther; Vierhaus, Rudolf (2011-11-30). Thibaut - Zycha. Walter de Gruyter. ISBN 978-3-11-096116-4.
  4. Wood, Christopher S. (2021-03-02). A History of Art History. Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-0-691-20476-5.
  5. Killy, Walther; Vierhaus, Rudolf (2011-11-30). Thibaut - Zycha. Walter de Gruyter. ISBN 978-3-11-096116-4.
  6. Killy, Walther; Vierhaus, Rudolf (2011-11-30). Thibaut - Zycha. Walter de Gruyter. ISBN 978-3-11-096116-4.

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[de] Philipp Uffenbach

Philipp Uffenbach (* 15. Januar 1566 in Frankfurt am Main; † (begraben) 6. April 1636 in Frankfurt am Main) war ein deutscher Maler, Zeichner, Aquarellist, Radierer und Kupferstecher in der Nachfolge von Matthias Grünewald und Albrecht Dürer.
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[fr] Philipp Uffenbach

Philipp Uffenbach, baptisé le 15 janvier 1566 et † enterré le 6 avril 1636 à Francfort-sur-le-Main est un peintre, illustrateur, aquarelliste, graveur et cartographe allemand dans la mouvance de Matthias Grünewald et Albrecht Dürer.



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