Monogrammist HL

"Also known as
Monogrammist HL
primary name: primary name: Monogrammist HL
Details
individual; printmaker; sculptor/medallist; German; Male
Life dates
fl. early 16thC-
Biography
Engraver and woodcutter whose prints are dated between 1511 and 1533, also documented as the sculptor of the high altarpiece in Breisach between 1523 and 1526.
The artist has been variously identified with Hans Leu, Heinrich Lautensack or Hans Schlaiß. In Hollstein, he is catalogued under the name Hans Leinberger, although the editors specifically stress in…
Bibliography
Nagler, 'Monogrammisten', III, no.1224; Max Lossnitzer, 'Hans Leinberger als Graphiker', in 'Mitteilungen aus den sächsischen Kunstsammlungen', III, 1912, pp. 1-15; Herbert Schindler, 'Der Meister HL = Hans Loy?', Königstein 1980; Friedrich Kobler, 'Der Meister H.L. identifiziert?', in 'Kunstchronik', XXXIII, 1980, pp. 205-16; Tobias Leuker, 'Aufbruch in neuem Geist - der Petrusstich des Meisters HL als katholisches Propagandabild', in 'Archiv für Kulturgeschichte', LXXXIV, 2002, pp. 157-74; Jeffrey Chipps Smith, 'Master H.L. and the Challenge of Invention in Different Media', in 'Invention: Northern Renaissance Studies in Honor of Molly Faries', edited by Julien Chapuis, Turnhout, 2008, pp. 174-189" - https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/term/BIOG145518, 18.12.2021