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Niklaus Manuel
Niklaus Manuel

Niklaus Manuel

Swiss, 1484 – 1530
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Niklaus Manuel Deutsch, of Bern, was a Swiss artist, writer, mercenary and Reformed politician.

Niklaus was most likely the son of Emanuel Aleman (or Alleman), a pharmacist whose own father had immigrated from Chieri in Piedmont, and his wife Margaretha Fricker (or Frikart), an illegitimate daughter of Bernese city scribe Thüring Fricker. He used "Manuel", the given name of his father, as his surname and used "Deutsch", as the German equivalent of the surname Alleman, as an additional appellation, signing his works with the initials NMD.

He is first recorded in 1509, when he married Katharina Frisching, daughter of Hans Frisching, a former Bernese reeve and member of the city council (Kleiner Rat). Niklaus Manuel and Katharina Frisching had six children. Two of them, Hans Rudolf Manuel Deutsch (1525–1571) and Niklaus Manuel Deutsch the Younger (1528–1588), were also artists. Niklaus Manuel is considered the founder of the patrician Manuel family of Berne. From 1510, Niklaus Manuel was a member of the city parliament (Grosser Rat). He is first recorded as a painter in the employment of the city in 1513. Aside from Holbein he is the major representative of Renaissance painting in Switzerland.

In 1514, he bought the house at Gerechtigkeitsgasse 72 which remained in possession of the Manuel family until the 17th century. In 1516, he entered mercenary service as the secretary of Albrecht von Stein, participating in the French campaign in the War of the League of Cambrai. His famous danse macabre on the wall of the Dominican Abbey in Berne was begun in 1516 or 1517; this work was destroyed in 1660, but a 1649 copy by Albrecht Kauw is extant. Niklaus Manuel's latest signed works date from around 1520, after which time he dedicated himself to literary production. He used a drawing of a Swiss degen alongside the initials NMD as his mark; the Swiss degen also appears on his literary manuscripts, and schwitzerdegen appears as his author's pseudonym in some of his printed works.

In 1523, he was given the office of Bernese reeve of Erlach, Echallens and Nidau. He was sent as a representative of Bern to the Swiss Diet in 1526. He served as a member in the city council (Kleiner Rat) from April 1528 until his death.

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Lucretia

Lucretia (1517)

Niklaus Manuel (Swiss, 1484 – 1530)
Mythology
Pyramus and Thisbe

Pyramus and Thisbe (1513-14)

Niklaus Manuel (Swiss, 1484 – 1530)
Mythology
The Judgement of Paris

The Judgement of Paris (1517-18)

Niklaus Manuel (Swiss, 1484 – 1530)
Mythology
Death and the Maiden

Death and the Maiden (1517)

Niklaus Manuel (Swiss, 1484 – 1530)
Mythology
Saint Anne with the Virgin and Child, Saint James the Great and Saint Roch as Intercessors for Mankind Ridden by the Plague

Saint Anne with the Virgin and Child, Saint James the Great and Saint Roch as Intercessors for Mankind Ridden by the Plague (1514-15)

Niklaus Manuel (Swiss, 1484 – 1530)
Religion
Saint Thomas of Aquin at the Table of King Louis the Saint

Saint Thomas of Aquin at the Table of King Louis the Saint (1516-18)

Niklaus Manuel (Swiss, 1484 – 1530)
Religion
The Beheading of Saint John the Baptist

The Beheading of Saint John the Baptist (1517)

Niklaus Manuel (Swiss, 1484 – 1530)
Religion
Brustbild einer jungen Frau im Profil

Brustbild einer jungen Frau im Profil (1518)

Niklaus Manuel (Swiss, 1484 – 1530)
Figurative
Eidgenosse

Eidgenosse (1529)

Niklaus Manuel (Swiss, 1484 – 1530)
Figurative
Bust of the dying Lucretia

Bust of the dying Lucretia (1518)

Niklaus Manuel (Swiss, 1484 – 1530)
Mythology
Männliche Profilbüste

Männliche Profilbüste (1515)

Niklaus Manuel (Swiss, 1484 – 1530)
Drawings
Törichte Jungfrau

Törichte Jungfrau (1513)

Niklaus Manuel (Swiss, 1484 – 1530)
Drawings
Mädchen mit aufgespiesstem Herzen

Mädchen mit aufgespiesstem Herzen (1510-14)

Niklaus Manuel (Swiss, 1484 – 1530)
Drawings
Kriegerisch ausgerüstetes Mädchen als Fahnenträgerin

Kriegerisch ausgerüstetes Mädchen als Fahnenträgerin (1518)

Niklaus Manuel (Swiss, 1484 – 1530)
Drawings
Krieger

Krieger (1519-20)

Niklaus Manuel (Swiss, 1484 – 1530)
Drawings
König

König (1519-1520)

Niklaus Manuel (Swiss, 1484 – 1530)
Drawings
Junger Edelmann

Junger Edelmann (1516)

Niklaus Manuel (Swiss, 1484 – 1530)
Drawings
Gerechtigkeit und Eidgenosse

Gerechtigkeit und Eidgenosse (1519-20)

Niklaus Manuel (Swiss, 1484 – 1530)
Drawings
Fünf Stradioten

Fünf Stradioten (1513-14)

Niklaus Manuel (Swiss, 1484 – 1530)
Drawings
Fragment eines Scheibenrisses mit zwei Grabwächtern

Fragment eines Scheibenrisses mit zwei Grabwächtern (1515)

Niklaus Manuel (Swiss, 1484 – 1530)
Drawings
Eidgenosse

Eidgenosse (1518)

Niklaus Manuel (Swiss, 1484 – 1530)
Drawings
Rosendorn und Richter

Rosendorn und Richter (1519-20)

Niklaus Manuel (Swiss, 1484 – 1530)
Drawings
Scheibenriss mit dem Wappen der Familie von Goldenberg

Scheibenriss mit dem Wappen der Familie von Goldenberg (1522)

Niklaus Manuel (Swiss, 1484 – 1530)
Drawings
Scheibenriss mit sitzender Schildhalterin und Löwenwappen

Scheibenriss mit sitzender Schildhalterin und Löwenwappen (1515)

Niklaus Manuel (Swiss, 1484 – 1530)
Drawings
Schildbegleiterpaar mit leerem Wappenschild

Schildbegleiterpaar mit leerem Wappenschild (1520)

Niklaus Manuel (Swiss, 1484 – 1530)
Drawings
Sechs Männerfiguren, Krieger

Sechs Männerfiguren, Krieger (1517)

Niklaus Manuel (Swiss, 1484 – 1530)
Drawings
Der Goldene Eidgenosse

Der Goldene Eidgenosse (1513)

Niklaus Manuel (Swiss, 1484 – 1530)
Drawings
Ungleiches Paar

Ungleiches Paar (1510)

Niklaus Manuel (Swiss, 1484 – 1530)
Drawings
Zwei senkrechte Ornamentstreifen mit Putten in Ranken

Zwei senkrechte Ornamentstreifen mit Putten in Ranken (1517)

Niklaus Manuel (Swiss, 1484 – 1530)
Drawings
The Mocking of Christ

The Mocking of Christ (1513–1514)

Niklaus Manuel (Swiss, 1484 – 1530)
Religion
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