Master of the Cité des Dames

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Master of the Cité des Dames: Miniature from Christine de Pizan's Cité des Dames : Christine and the virtues build the city
Master of the Cité des Dames: Miniature from Vincent von Beauvais Le Miroir Historial (IV): Landing of William the Conqueror in England

The medieval illuminator who is unknown by name and who worked with his workshop in France - probably in Paris - from around 1400 to 1415 is referred to as the master of the Cité des Dames .

Naming

The master of the Cité des Dames illustrated several manuscripts of the City of Women (fr. Cité des Dames ). The master himself painted several copies of this allegorical work written by Christine de Pizan in Paris on behalf of the author. After these miniatures he got his emergency name .

Group of works

The master of the Cité des Dames was apparently specialized and known for the painting of literary and historical works outside the ecclesiastical area; Christine de Pizan commissioned him again and again and the master created z. B. Pictures for a history mirror (fr. Miroir Historial) of Vincent von Beauvais .

style

Typical for the master of the Cité des Dames and his workshop are spatially designed pictures with people with similar and identical white faces; the master's style is close to that of the Bedford master , and he may have collaborated with the Mazarine master on some of his works .

Works (selection)

Master of the Cité des Dames: Miniature from the novel Le Chevalier errant des Thomas de Saluce : The Princes of the Orient

Illuminations to:

  • Christine de Pizan, Le Livre de la Cité des Dames . Bibliothèque nationale de France (Paris) BnF 1178
  • Christine de Pizan, Le Livre de la Cité des Dames . Bibliothèque nationale de France (Paris) BnF 1179
  • Christine de Pizan, Le Livre de la Cité des Dames . Bibliothèque royale de Belgique (Brussels) BR 9393
  • Christine de Pizan, Le Livre de la Cité des Dames . British Library (London) MS Harley 4431 (partially)
  • Vincent of Beauvais, Le Miroir Historial .
  • Christine de Pizan, Epître d'Othéa . Bibliothèque nationale de France (Paris) BnF 607 (partially)
  • Piere Bersuire, Histoire Romain . (Livy, French translation) National Gallery of Victoria (Victoria) MS Felton 411-4 (partially)

Web links

Commons : Master of the Cité des Dames  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ James C. Laidlaw: Christine and the Manuscript tradition. In: Barbara K. Altmann, Deborah L. McGrady (Eds.): Christine de Pizan. A casebook. Routledge, New York et al. 2002, ISBN 0-415-93909-7 , pp. 231-249, here p. 238.
  2. ^ The British Library: Cité des Dames Harley 4431 I f.3 , picture and description of a miniature by the master of the Cité des Dames, accessed October 9, 2009
personal data
SURNAME Master of the Cité des Dames
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French miniature painter
DATE OF BIRTH before 1400
DATE OF DEATH after 1415