Master of the Flora

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Flora Master: Allegory of Flora, France, 1550–75
Flora-Meister: Detail of the portrait of a lady, France, 1550–75

Around the name Meister der Flora or Flora-Meister ( French: Maître de Flore ) a small series of pictures is grouped, which were created between approx. 1555 and 1570 in France in the style of the Fontainebleau school . In the history of art, it is still being investigated whether it is one or more artists who painted these unsigned Renaissance pictures , which are stylistically very close to one another .

Naming

The main images of the group, after which the emergency name is given, are allegorical representations of the flora in collections in San Francisco and in private hands. The painter of these pictures is believed to have come to the Fontainebleau court from Italy. Further pictures in the same style were assigned to the master, but one might want to see other painters involved in the creation of the group of these pictures.

style

The style of the Flora pictures is very close to the artistically brilliant design of the furnishings of the Castle of Fontainebleau with pictures and frescoes or tapestries. Her Mannerist style stands at the transition from the Renaissance in Italy, which was influenced by the imitation of antiquity, to the opulent Baroque of the French royal court. In the works around the flora pictures, the influence of Rosso Fiorentino and Francesco Primaticcio can be seen , painters who decisively influenced the design of Fontainebleau.

Works (selection)

  • Flora . San Francisco, California Palace of the Legion of Honor (formerly in Montpellier, d'Albenas collection)
  • Flora , private property

In addition to the pictures of flora certainly created by the master of flora , the group of pictures around this master is added:

  • The triumph of flora . Privately owned
  • Birth of Cupid . Metropolitan Museum, New York
  • Cephalus and Procris (drawing). The Morgan Library & Museum, New York,
  • Allegoria dell'Abbondanza . Museo d'Arte della Città, Ravenna

identification

It has been suggested that the real name of the Master of Flora could be Ruggiero de Ruggieri, a relative and collaborator of Francesco Primaticcio or Giulio Camillo Dell'Abate, son and collaborator of Nicolò dell'Abbate , painter, all verifiable in Fontainebleau around 1550 were active.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ S. Béguin: L'école De Fontainebleau. Le Maniérisme à La Cour De France . Paris 1960, p. 73 ff.
  2. ↑ Maître de Flore . In: M. Laclotte (et al.) (Ed.): Larousse Dictionnaire de la peinture. Paris 2003
  3. ^ FG Grossmann: Between Renaissance and Baroque: European Art 1520-1600. Exhibition catalog Manchester City Art Gallery, Manchester 1965 (English).
  4. ↑ Maître de Flore. In: M. Laclotte (et al.) (Ed.): Larousse Dictionnaire de la peinture. Paris 2003 (French)
  5. ↑ Master of Flora. In: Art Encyclopedia. The Concise Grove Dictionary of Art. Oxford 2002 (English)

literature

  • Sylvie Béguin: Le Maître de Flore de l'École de Fontainebleau . In: Art de France 1, 1961, pp. 300-305
  • Sylvie Béguin: L'École de Fontainebleau. Le Maniérisme à la Cour de France . Paris 1960

Web links

Works by the Flora Master on the Internet:

personal data
SURNAME Master of the Flora
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Flora master; Maître de Flore
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French painter
DATE OF BIRTH 15th century or 16th century
DATE OF DEATH 16th Century