Gottlieb Theodor Hase
The glass painter Heinrich Helmle, um 1860
About the object
The Freiburg glass painter Heinrich Helmle (1829 - 1909) took over the workshop of his father Lorenz Helmle in 1849. The company manufactured stained glass windows for the Minster in Freiburg, Mainz Cathedral and numerous private clients in southern Germany and Switzerland. The portrait is part of Hase's photo series of members of the Freiburg artists' society "Ponte Molle".