Master of the Offerings

As a master of offerings or Darbringungsmeister ( English : Master of the Offering ) is a gothic referred painter who in 1430 the image of the Presentation in the Temple for the Stift Neukloster in Wiener Neustadt painted. The artist who is not known by name is assigned further works in art history by comparing styles.

Style and meaning

The master of the offerings was probably active in the region around Vienna from 1420 to 1435. His work is one of the most significant examples of art in the final phase of the Soft Style in this area. However, it is still being discussed whether some of the pictures carried under his emergency name could not come from other painters who remained anonymous.

The master of the offerings paints in a newer spatial manner of expression, more faithful to the depiction of reality than the master before, even if his representations e.g. B. the architecture does not necessarily show real examples. His style of painting suggests an influence by contemporary Flemish painting and book illumination from France such as the Boucicaut master .

Stylistic closeness to other painters

The style of the master of the offerings is close to that of the master of the St. Lambrecht votive tablet ; it is also proposed to assign both painters to one workshop. An influence of the master von Wittingau should also be recognizable.

Works (selection)

Offering in the temple . Vienna, Belvedere Gallery
Offering in the temple . Klosterneuburg Abbey Collections

Christ in mourning . Berlin

Panels of a Marian altar. Klosterneuburg Abbey Collections

Meeting Joachim and Anna at the Golden Gate . Vienna, Belvedere Gallery Inventory number: 4862

Birth of Mary . Vienna, Belvedere Gallery Inventory number: 4861

Web links

Entry on Master of Offerings in the Austria Forum (in the AEIOU Austria Lexicon )

Individual evidence

↑ see e.g. Ingo F. Walther (Ed.): Painting of the Gothic Era. Taschen, Cologne et al. 1999, ISBN 3-8228-6525-7 .
↑ Master of the Offering. In: Ingo F. Walther (Ed.): Masterpieces of Western Art. A History of Art in 900 Individual Studies. From the Gothic to the present day. Volume 1: From the Gothic to Neoclassicism. Taschen, Cologne et al. 2005, ISBN 3-8228-4746-1 , p. 727.
↑ cf. on this Sven Lüken: The Annunciation to Maria in the 15th and early 16th centuries. Historical and art historical studies (= reconstruction of the arts. Vol. 2). Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2000, ISBN 3-525-47901-8 , pp. 261–262 (also: Göttingen, Universität, Dissertation, 1996).

personal data
SURNAME	Master of the Offerings
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Offering master; Master of the Offering
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Gothic painter
DATE OF BIRTH	14th century or 15th century
DATE OF DEATH	15th century

[1] see e.g. Ingo F. Walther (Ed.): Painting of the Gothic Era. Taschen, Cologne et al. 1999, ISBN 3-8228-6525-7 .

[2] Master of the Offering. In: Ingo F. Walther (Ed.): Masterpieces of Western Art. A History of Art in 900 Individual Studies. From the Gothic to the present day. Volume 1: From the Gothic to Neoclassicism. Taschen, Cologne et al. 2005, ISBN 3-8228-4746-1 , p. 727.

[3] . on this Sven Lüken: The Annunciation to Maria in the 15th and early 16th centuries. Historical and art historical studies (= reconstruction of the arts. Vol. 2). Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2000, ISBN 3-525-47901-8 , pp. 261–262 (also: Göttingen, Universität, Dissertation, 1996).