Franz Hoppenstätt

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

References

  1. ^ The Decorative Screen of the Chapel of Bogislaus Rosen Archived 2007-06-12 at the Wayback Machine. English text of the Art Museum in Estonia.
  2. ^ Destroyed during a Soviet air raid on Tallinn in March 1944, albeit fragments remain
  3. ^ Eesti Elulood. Tallinn: Eesti Entsüklopeediakirjastus 2000 (= Eesti Entsüklopeedia 14) ISBN 9985-70-064-3, p. 94
  4. ^ Art Museum of Estonia


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