Aelbert Bouts

Transfiguration of Jesus, painting by Aelbert Bouts, late 15th century Fitzwilliam Museum , Cambridge , England

Aelbert Bouts , also Aelbrecht Bouts , (* between 1451 and 1454 probably in Leuven , † 1549 in Leuven) was a Dutch painter.

Aelbert Bouts was the younger son of the painter Dierick Bouts the Elder. Ä. and brother of Dierick Bouts the Elder, who also worked as a painter . J. He probably received his first training from his father, but today it is widely assumed that he was also instructed by another painter outside of Leuven. After completing his training, he returned to Leuven in 1476 at the latest, where he married Maria Coocx in 1481 and Elisabeth Nausnyders in 1491. In 1524 he is documented as one of the head of the cloth makers' guild.

He was likely to have spent most of his creative time in Leuven, where he worked for numerous churches. One of these works was the "Mariae-Himmelfahrt-Triptychon" (Assumption of Mary Triptychon) in Brussels today, which is the only known personal work and was the basis for all further attributions. Before the discovery of the sources that identify Aelbert Bouts as the creator of this work, it was assigned to an anonymous painter with the emergency name Meister der Himmelfahrt Mariae .

Aelbert Bout's paintings are stylistically close to those of his father, but appear somewhat antiquated compared to his work. At the same time, his works also show the influence of Hugo van der Goes , which led some researchers to suspect that he could be seen as a possible second teacher for Aelbert. He repeated his father's compositions many times without achieving its quality. His favorite subjects were diptychs depicting “Christ as Man of Sorrows” and Mary as “Mater Dolorosa”. Together with his brother he completed several unfinished works left behind by his father after 1475. Later he received several orders to restore some of his pictures.

Works

• Aachen, Suermondt Museum
  • Diptych: Christ as Man of Sorrows / Mater Dolorosa. around 1500
  • The Annunciation. around 1500
• Antwerp, Royal Museum of Fine Arts
  • Adoration of the Shepherds. around 1490 - 1499
  • Christ with the crown of thorns. around 1500
  • Vera Icon. around 1500
  • Maria with the child.
• Berlin, Gemäldegalerie
  • The Annunciation. around 1480
  • Saints Augustine, John the Baptist and a benefactor. around 1490 - 1500
  • Christ with the crown of thorns. around 1500
  • Christ with the crown of thorns. around 1500
• Bonn, Rheinisches Landesmuseum
  • Saints Mary Magdalene, John the Baptist and a donor. around 1490 - 1500
  • Saints Andrew and Catherine of Alexandria with a donor. around 1490 - 1500
• Brussels, Musées Royaux des Beaux-Arts
  • Saint Jacobus Martyrus with a donor. around 1500
  • Saint Barbara with a donor. around 1500
  • Jesus in the house of the Pharisee Simon.
  • The Lord's Supper.
  • Triptych with the Assumption of Mary.
  • The crucifixion of Christ.
  • The penitent Saint Jerome.
• Cambridge, Fitzwilliam Museum
  • The Transfiguration of Christ.
• Cambridge, Mass., Fogg Art Museums
  • Christ as the Man of Sorrows. around 1495
  • Mater Dolorosa. around 1495
• Cleveland, The Cleveland Museum of Art
  • The Annunciation. around 1480
• The Hague, Mauritshuis
  • The resurrection of Christ. around 1480 (attributed)
• Enschede, Rijksmuseum Twenthe
  • Christ as the Man of Sorrows
• Greenville, Bob Jones University Museum & Gallery
  • Christ as the Man of Sorrows.
• Hanover, New Hampshire, Dartmouth College, Hood Museum of Art
  • Christ with the crown of thorns. around 1500
• Kansas City, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
  • Christ as the Man of Sorrows.
• Krakow, Muzeum Czartoryski
  • Mater Dolorosa.
• Lions, Stedelijk Museum Vander Kelen-Mertens
  • Maria with the child. around 1500
• Lyon, Musée des Beaux-Arts
  • Christ as the Man of Sorrows. around 1500
• Madrid, Prado Museum
  • Christ as the Man of Sorrows.
• Modena, Galleria e Museo Estense
  • Saint Christopher.
• Munich, Alte Pinakothek
  • The Annunciation. around 1480
• New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art
  • Christ as the Man of Sorrows.
  • The head of St. John the Baptist.
  • Saint Christopher.
• Paris, Musee National du Louvre
  • Christ with the crown of thorns.
  • Mater Dolorosa.
• Pasadena, Norton Simon Museum
  • The penance of St. Jerome.
• Prague, Narodni Gallery
  • Maria with the child. around 1500
• San Antonio, Marion Koogler McNay Art Institute
  • Moses and the Burning Bush; Gideon and the miracle of the Schaffließ.
• Stuttgart, State Gallery
  • Diptych: Christ as Man of Sorrows / Mater Dolorosa. around 1500
• Warsaw, Muzeum Narodowe
  • Mater Dolorosa.
• Vienna, Art History Museum
  • Saint John the Baptist. around 1500
• Worcester, Worcester Art Museum
  • Mary standing with the child in a landscape, adored by an angel.
• Würzburg, Martin von Wagner Museum
  • Christ with the crown of thorns.
• Whereabouts unknown
  • The meeting of Abraham and Melchizedek. around 1500 (formerly Lugano, Bentinck-Thyssen collection)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Fitzwilliam Museum - OPAC Record ( Memento of the original from March 31, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
2. ↑ Man of Sorrow. Retrieved March 15, 2018 . 
3. ↑ Mater Dolorosa. Retrieved March 15, 2018 . 
4. ^ Bob Jones University Museum & Gallery
5. ^ Norton Simon Museum
6. ↑ Albert Bouts (after 1451 - 1549) "The mourning Mary in prayer" ( Memento from January 5, 2005 in the Internet Archive )

literature

• Wolfgang Schöne: Dieric Bouts and his school , Berlin / Leipzig 1938

Web links

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