Master of the Berlin Passion

As of the Berlin Passion one will engraver at the Niederrhein referred. He was active from the middle of the 15th century.

The work of the artist who is not known by name shows an individuality that a style-critical comparison then used to assign works. Further engravings were grouped around his main work under the master's emergency name , a series of prints of pictures of the Passion of Christ dated 1482 . Seven of them were found in an old manuscript from Arnhem , which was kept in the Kupferstichkabinett in Berlin.

The master of the Berlin Passion can be regarded as one of the oldest representatives and a forerunner of engraving as a performing art form. His creative period, like that of Master ES, who is often referred to as the founder of copperplate engraving, predates that of Albrecht Dürer and Martin Schongauer , during whose time copperplate engraving became more widespread. The Master of the Berlin Passion is an example of how manuscript work in Europe is transitioning into print and book production through the combination of craftsmanship with new techniques. The manuscript from a convent in Arnhem, for example, was a book experiment in which the master's engravings were glued into the handwritten text.

The master of the Berlin Passion is probably identical with Israhel van Meckenem the Elder .

literature

• Max Lehrs : The Master of the Berlin Passion. In: Yearbook of the Royal Prussian Art Collections. Vol. 21, 1900, ISSN  1431-5955 , pp. 135-159.
• Max Geisberg : The Master of the Berlin Passion and Israhel van Meckenem. Studies on the history of the Westphalian copper engravers in the 15th century (= studies on German art history. Vol. 42, ISSN  0081-7228 ). Heitz, Strasbourg 1903.
• Max Lehrs: History and critical catalog of German, Dutch and French copper engraving in the XV. Century. 18 volumes (9 volumes; 9 plate volumes). Society for Reproduced Art, Vienna 1908–1934.
• Max Lehrs: Contributions to the work of the primitive engravers. In: Yearbook of the Prussian Art Collections. Vol. 41, 1920, ISSN  0934-618X , pp. 189-207.
• Ursula Weekes: Early engravers and their public. The master of the Berlin Passion and manuscripts from convents in the Rhine-Maas region, approx. 1450–1500. Miller, London 2004, ISBN 1-87250-152-4 .

Web links

• Works of the master
  • Marias Tempelgang , Virtual Kupferstichkabinett of the Duke Anton Ulrich Museum (accessed October 2010)
  • Coronation of Thorns , The British Museum, London (accessed October 2010)