Valkenauer, Hans#
Valkenauer, Hans, b. around 1448, d. after 1518, sculptor. Presumed to be originally from the Salzburg area. Main exponent of the late Gothic sculpture of Salzburg. In the tradition of the 15th century created numerous monumental tombs, mostly out of red-mottled Salzburg marble. From 1514 worked for Maximilian I on a monument for the Roman Emperor in Speyer which was never completed (parts of it may be seen in the Carolino Augusteum museum in Salzburg).
Further works#
Grave stone of Balthasar von Weisspriach in the Leininger chapel of Saint Jakob in Villach, 1484; tomb of Bishop F. Mauerkircher of Passau, Braunau parish church, after 1485; tomb of W. Panichner, Kuchl church, around 1500; Keutschach epitaph, Maria Saal, around 1510; grave stones in the Margarethen chapel in St. Peter´s cemetery in Salzburg; tomb of W. von Polheim, Oberthalheim church (Voecklabruck), after 1512; tomb of Archbishop Leonhard von Keutschach, Hohensalzburg Castle, 1515; grave stone of Hochmeister J. Geumann, Millstatt, around 1515.Literature#
W. Czerny, H. V. und die spaetgot. Grabmalplastik in der Dioezese Salzburg, doctoral thesis, Vienna 1983.