Godefroy from Huy
Godefroy von Huy (* around 1100, † around 1173 ) was a Maasland goldsmith .
His workshop is characterized by the production of reliquary shrines and enamel work . The iconographic themes of the Maasland goldsmiths lay in the typological representations of scenes from the Old and New Testaments , preserved in the fragments of a lecture cross in the Schnütgen Museum in Cologne. Godefroy von Huy (or his workshop) was also the creator of the reliquary of Pope Alexander , now in the Musées royaux d'art et d'histoire in Brussels .
It has always been suggested that Godefroy may have been the teacher of Nicholas of Verdun . He is also succeeded by the master of the Stavelot portable altar .
literature
- Andrea Zimmermann: Godefroy from Huy. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 23, Bautz, Nordhausen 2004, ISBN 3-88309-155-3 , Sp. 538-542.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Godefroy from Huy |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Maasland goldsmith |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1100 |
| DATE OF DEATH | around 1173 |