Claus Sluter

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Claus Sluter (* around 1350 in Haarlem , † 1405 (another source 1406 ) in Dijon , France ) was a Dutch sculptor of the Gothic and co-founder of the Burgundian art school. He is considered the main representative of Burgundian sculpture at the turn of the 14th to the 15th century.

Life

First he was a student and then an employee in the workshop of Jean de Marville at the court of Duke Philip the Bold in Dijon, in 1389 Sluter was his successor as workshop manager and court artist. The exact circumstances under which he entered the service of Philip the Bold are unknown; likewise the time of his arrival in Dijon. However, it can be assumed that he arrived there in 1385 at the latest.

Works

Tomb of Philip the Bold

The figure-rich tomb of Philip the Bold is one of Sluter's best-known works. He probably worked on this work since 1385, but it was only completed under Sluter's successor Claus de Werve , who was both his pupil and nephew. In the upper part of the tomb shows the colorful reclining figure of the duke, accompanied by two angels and a lion. The forty pleurants in the lower part of the tomb are significant. They were probably created under the direction of Jean de Marville. With regard to the soft folds of the robes, they are very different, almost individually designed.

Portal of the Champmol Charterhouse

Chartreuse de Champmol, portal figures by Claus Sluter

His second major work is the sculpture program of the portal of the Chartreuse de Champmol . Like all of Sluter's other surviving works, this one was also created for Philip II . In doing so, Sluter changed the concept, which was probably created by Marville and the architect Drouet de Dammartin . Canopies and consoles were now intended for larger figures and covered the capitals and the consoles above, which angels should have carried. The lion and dog on the consoles have been replaced by foliage. The new canopy over the Madonna was only finished in 1400 and is a marvel in finely chiseled shapes, tall and slender, studded with angels. Five figures stand on pedestals, on the trumeau there is Mary with the holy child, which were completed in 1391 together with the two saints. On the right and left, Maria and the child are flanked by the kneeling donor couple - Philip the Bold and Margaret of Flanders . They are accompanied by their two kneeling patrons, St. John and St. Catherine. All five figures are fused into one unit due to their common plot and their life-size appearance in the center of a portal represents an essential innovation within the iconography .

Moses well

The Well of Moses

See article Fountain of Moses (Dijon)

literature

Web links

Commons : Claus Sluter  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Bernhard u. Ulrike Laule, Heinfried Wischermann: Art monuments in Burgundy. WB: Darmstadt 1991, p. 397.
personal data
SURNAME Sluter, Claus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Dutch Gothic sculptor and co-founder of the Burgundian art school
DATE OF BIRTH around 1350
PLACE OF BIRTH Haarlem
DATE OF DEATH 1405 or 1406
Place of death Dijon , France