Konrad Witz
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Konrad Witz - c. Winter 1445/Spring 1446 in Basel, Switzerland
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) was a German painter, active mainly in Basel, Switzerland.

Witz is most famous for painting three altarpieces, all of which survive only partially. The earliest is the Heilspiegel Altarpiece of about 1435 (today mostly in the Kunstmuseum, Basel, with isolated panels in other collections). The next is the Altarpiece of the Virgin (c. 1440), which has been associated with panels now in Basel, Nuremberg, and Strasbourg (Musée de l’Œuvre Notre-Dame
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). Witz's final altarpiece is the St. Peter Altarpiece of 1444, painted for St. Peter's Cathedral
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, Geneva
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, and now in the Musée d'Art et d'Histoire
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, Geneva, which contains his most famous composition, the Miraculous Draught of Fishes.

The painting of St. Christopher (Kunstmuseum, Basel; illustrated) does not seem to be related to these major altarpieces. Other independent works by Witz and his followers can be found in Naples, Berlin, and New York (Frick Collection).

Literature

  • Bodo Brinkmann: Konrad Witz (anlässlich der Ausstellung Konrad Witz, Kunstmuseum Basel, 6. März - 3. Juli 2011). Stuttgart, Hatje, 2011. ISBN 978-3-7757-2760-0.
  • Karin Althaus: Konrad Witz. Ein Pionier der Malerei im 15. Jahrhundert. Königstein i. Ts., Langewiesche, 2011. ISBN 978-3-7845-1901-2
  • Dorothee Eggenberger: Die Basler Heilspiegelbilder. Ein Auftragswerk von König René d'Anjou und Kardinallegat Giuliano Cesarini? In: Zeitschrift für Schweizerische Archäologie und Kunstgeschichte 67, 2010, S. 83-112.
  • Françoise Rücklin: Konrad Witz et ses commanditaires français. In: Zeitschrift für schweizerische Archäologie und Kunstgeschichte 57 (2000), S. 105–130
  • Sabine Brandt: Der Basler Altar des Konrad Witz. Forschungsstand und Forschungsfragen. Hamburg, Univ., FB Kulturgeschichte, Mag.-Schr., 1991
  • Stefan Achternkamp: Konrad Witz und das Konzil von Basel. Stuttgart, Univ., Magisterarbeit, 1989
  • Hans J. van Miegroet: De invloed van de vroege Nederlandse schilderkunst in de eerste helft van de 15de eeuw of Konrad Witz. Brussel, AWLSK, 1986.
  • Charles Sterling: L' influence de Konrad Witz en Savoie. In: Revue de l'art, Paris, Ed. du Centre national de la Recherche Scientifique, 1986
  • Florens Deuchler: Konrad Witz, la Savoie et l'Italie. Nouvelles hypothéses à propos du retable de Genève. In: Revue de l'art 71, S. 7–16. Paris, Ed. du Centre national de la Recherche Scientifique, 1986
  • Marianne Barrucand: Le retable du miroir du salut dans l'oeuvre de Konrad Witz. Genève, Droz, 1972. Travaux d'humanisme et renaissance, 124
  • Uta Feldges-Henning: Werkstatt und Nachfolge des Konrad Witz, ein Beitrag zur Geschichte der Basler Malerei des 15. Jahrhunderts. Basel, Univ., Diss., 1967
  • Herwarth Röttgen: Zwei noch umstrittene Zuschreibungen an Konrad Witz. In: Jahrbuch der Berliner Museen NF III, 1961, S. 76 ff.
  • Alfred Stange: Ein Madonnenbild von Konrad Witz. In: Pantheon XIX, 1961, S. 39.
  • Emil Maurer: Konrad Witz und die niederländische Malerei. In: Zeitschrift für Schweizerische Archäologie und Kunstgeschichte XVIII, 1958, S. 158 ff.
  • Georg Schmidt: Der Maler Konrad Witz. In Merian IX, 1956, H. 7, S. 42 ff.
  • Georg Schmidt: Konrad Witz. Königstein i. Ts., Langewiesche, 1962
  • Gustav Friedrich Hartlaub: Der Saturn bei Witz. In: Genava NF III, 1955, S. 141 ff. Genève, Musée, 1955
  • Paul Leonhard Ganz: Meister Konrad Witz von Rottweil. Bern-Olten, Graf, 1947
  • Joseph Gantner: Konrad Witz. Wien, Schmoll, 1942
  • Hans Wendland: Konrad Witz. Gemäldestudien. Basel, Schwabe, 1924
  • Paul Ganz: Ausstellung der Genfer Altarflügel des Konrad Witz in der Öffentlichen Kunstsammlung in Basel. Basel, Birkhäuser, 1917
  • Mela Escherich: Konrad Witz. Straßburg, Heitz, 1916. Studien zur deutschen Kunstgeschichte 183.
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