Master of the Apocalypsenrosis of the Sainte Chapelle

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Rose window, west side, Sainte Chapelle, Paris (interior view)

A medieval painter who designed the stained glass for the rose window in the west facade of the Sainte-Chapelle in Paris around 1490 is known as the master of the rose of the apocalypse of the Sainte Chapelle . The artist and artisan, unknown by name, worked in this palace chapel of the royal residence on behalf of King Charles VIII of France .

In his window glazing, the master treated the Apocalypse , the medieval Christian idea of ​​the end of time . In the center of the rose, which has a diameter of 9 meters, Christ is enthroned as the judge of the world. The other glass pictures deal with the theme of his Second Coming and the Last Judgment , which was popular in the late Middle Ages , the apocalypse described in the New Testament in the Revelation of John . The glass pictures are among the most important works of glass art of the 15th century.

It is possible that the master of the apocalypsenic rose from one of the many book illuminators' workshops in Paris and was also involved in the coloring of manuscripts there. Some experts ascribe to him a book of hours owned by Anna of Bretagne . It is also suggested that the master of the apocalypsenic rose could be identical to the master of the unicorn hunt , an illuminator who also provided designs for tapestries. Such assumptions about identity and the catalog of works remain speculative due to the lack of documents. However, they illuminate the exchange of new ideas and techniques in the artist workshops in Paris in the early modern period, in which illuminators were also active across genres.

The master of the apocalypse rose shows a style similar to that found in the works of the master of Dreux Budé or the master of Coëtivy (who was sometimes mistaken for his father) and uses particularly typical decorations in the design of the book decorations.

literature

  • Marcel Aubert , Louis Grodecki and others: Les Vitraux de Notre-Dame et de la Sainte-Chapelle de Paris (= Corpus Vitrearum Medii Aevi . France. Vol. 1: Département de la Seine. Part 1). CNRS Editions, Paris, 1959.
  • François Avril, Nicole Reynaud: Les manuscrits à peintures en France, 1440–1520. Flammarion et al. Paris, 1993 (On the exhibition of the Bibliothèque Nationale, October 16, 1993 - January 16, 1994).
  • Philippe Lorentz: La Peinture à Paris au XVe Siècle: un Bilan (1904-2004). In: Dominique Thiébaut, Philippe Lorentz, François-René Martin: Primitifs Français. Découvertes et Redécouvertes. Réunion des Musées Nationaux, Paris 2004, ISBN 2-7118-4771-3 , pp. 86–107 (exhibition catalog, Paris, Musée du Louvre, February 27 - May 17, 2004).
  • Ina Nettekoven: The master of the apocalypsenrose of the Sainte Chapelle and the Parisian book art around 1500 (= Ars nova. Studies in Late Medieval and Renaissance Northern Painting and Illumination. Vol. 9). Brepols, Turnhout 2004, ISBN 2-503-52195-9 .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Ina Nettekoven: The master of the apocalypsenic rose of the Sainte Chapelle and the Parisian book art around 1500. 2004.
personal data
SURNAME Master of the Apocalypsenrosis of the Sainte Chapelle
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Parisian book and glass painters and artisans
DATE OF BIRTH 14th Century
DATE OF DEATH uncertain: after 1235