Master of the Dominican Portraits

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Master of the Dominican Portraits, fragment of a triptych, Florence, around 1330
Master of the Dominican Portraits, Illumination, Florence, around 1330

As Master of the Dominican portraits ( Engl. Master of the Dominican Effigies) is a Northern Italian illuminator and panel painting called, of about 1,325 to 1,350 in Florence worked. The artist, who is not known by name, got his emergency name after one of his pictures from the Church of Santa Maria Novella in Florence, which depicts Mary as Queen of Heaven surrounded by seventeen Dominican saints, among others. The picture is dated to the year 1336.

In addition to other panel paintings such as a Madonna with four saints (now in the Courtauld Gallery in London), the master of the Dominican portraits also worked on miniatures in manuscripts . He is considered one of the most important illuminators in Florence of his time. In terms of style and meaning, he is said to be a successor to Pacino di Bonaguido , the earliest painter who incorporated Giotto's spatial conception into miniature painting. However, in the work of the master the older style of painting, derived from Byzantine icon and Italian miniature painting, can still be recognized.

In the history of art, the thesis was put forward that the master of the Dominican portraits should be equated with the master of the polyptych of the Capella Medici . However, this controversial opinion could not prevail. His identification with Ristoro di Andrea is also controversial.

literature

  • Flavio Boggi: Master of the Dominican Effigies. In: Christopher Kleinhenz (Ed.): Medieval Italy. To Encyclopedia. Volume 2: L to Z, Index (= The Routledge Encyclopedias of the Middle Ages. Vol. 9). Routledge, New York NY et al. 2003, ISBN 0-415-93931-3 .
  • Master of the Dominican Effigies. In: Oxford Grove Art. The Concise Grove Dictionary of Art. Oxford University Press, Oxford 2002 (online edition, accessed January 2012).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Master of the Dominican Effigies. In: Christopher Kleinhenz (Ed.): Medieval Italy. To Encyclopedia. Volume 2. 2003.

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SURNAME Master of the Dominican Portraits
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Master Of The Dominican Effigies
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian painter
DATE OF BIRTH 13th Century
DATE OF DEATH 14th Century