Heinrich Meyring
Appearance
Heinrich Meyring/ Heinrich Meiering (1628 – 11 February 1723) was a German sculptor, active mainly in Venice and the Veneto. He is also known as Enrico Merengo or Arrigo Merengo.
Meyring was born in Rheine, Westphalia. He is considered one of the main pupils of the Flemish sculptor (active in Venice) Josse de Corte (or Giusto Le Court). Meyring appears to be active in Venice from 1679 to 1714.
The statues of Annunciation in Santa Maria del Giglio are by Meyring.
Further reading
[edit]- Reinhard Karrenbrock, Zwei Generationen westfälischer Bildhauer: Heinrich Meiering - Bernd Meiering. Stiftung Museumsdorf Cloppenburg 1992. ISBN 9783923675296
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Categories:
- 1628 births
- 1723 deaths
- 17th-century German sculptors
- German male sculptors
- German Baroque sculptors
- 18th-century German sculptors
- 18th-century German male artists
- Italian sculptors
- Italian male sculptors
- Republic of Venice sculptors
- Emigrants from the Holy Roman Empire
- Immigrants to the Republic of Venice
- German sculptor stubs