Artist
Hans Bocksberger the Elder
German, 1510–1561
Hans Bocksberger the Elder was a German Mannerism artist. 1 work is cataloged here, principally at Kunsthistorisches Museum. Hans Bocksberger the Elder was born in Mondsee.
Overview
Hans Bocksberger der Ältere (1510–1561), also known as Hans Bocksberger the Elder, was an Austrian painter and woodcutter of the high Renaissance.
Life
Hans Bocksberger was born in Mondsee, the son of Ulrich and Anna Bocksberger. The work of his father Ulrich Bocksberger is largely unknown. Hans may have initially studied with his father, then later traveled to Italy where he picked up styles he would later incorporate into his own work. Hans married his wife Margaret in 1542. They had nine children together: sons Hans Bocksberger the Younger and D. J. Heinrich were both painters, in addition to Anna, George, Sabine, Catharina, Elisabeth, Margarethe, Lucia. Hans died in Salzburg in 1561. His wife Margaret died in 1579.
Works
frescoes in the Protestant Ducal Palace in Neuburg an der Donau frescoes in the Church of St. Jodok, Landshut Works attributed to Hans Bocksberger, but where there are some questions to authorship:
frescoes in the Castello del Buonconsiglio in Trento paintings in the Knight's Hall in the castle in Goldegg works in the Hradčany castle altarpieces in the St. Vitus Cathedral frescoes in the castle Freisaal grotesques in Hohensalzburg Castle
Collections represented
Museum
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