Master of the Egmont albums

As Master of the Egmont Albums ( Engl. Master of the Egmont Albums) an unnamed known is signatory of the Renaissance named from the late 16th century. It got its emergency name after some of his drawings that came from the private collection of John Perceval, First Earl of Egmont. It had accumulated in the early 18th century and is now owned by the Yale University Art Gallery in New Haven, United States of America. A total of more than thirty drawings are now attributed to the master by comparing styles. However, these assignments are not always undisputed.

The master of the Egmont albums probably came from the southern Netherlands and was probably active in Italy. His artistic style adapts to the mannerism prevalent in central Italy .

The master of the Egmont albums is mostly identified today with the Amsterdam Dirck Hendricksz Centen , who worked in Naples from 1574. Previously also were in January Blocklandt , Claudius Cock , Frans Franken , Jaques de Gheyn , Hendrick Goltzius , Hans von Aachen , Il Pordenone , Giulio Romano , Giovanni della Rovere or Tintoretto been proposed as a possible creator of some of the assigned by style compared to the master drawings.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Nicole Dacos: Le Mâitre des album Egmont: Dirck Hendricksz. Cents . In: Oud Holland, 104, 2, 1990, pp. 49-68

literature

• Colin Eisler: The Egmont Albums. A New Collection of Drawings for Yale . In: The Yale University Library Gazette 32/3 (1958), pp. 85-92.
• Egbert Haverkamp Begeman, Anne-Marie Logan: European Drawings and Watercolors in the Yale University Art Gallery: 1500 - 1800 . New Haven and London, 1970
• Nicole Dacos: Le Mâitre des albums Egmont: Dirck Hendricksz. Cents . In: Oud Holland, 104, 2, 1990, pp. 49-68
• Gert Jan van der Sman: Observations on the Master of the Egmont Albums . In: Sabine Eiche u. a. (Ed.): Fiamminghi a Roma 1508-1608. (Symposium Museum Catharijneconvent, Utrecht, 13 March 1995). Florence 2000, pp. 45-65
• Ann Percy, Mimi Cazort: Italian Master Drawings at the Philadelphia Museum of Art . Philadelphia 2004
• Suzanne Boorsch, John Marciari: Master Drawings from the Yale University Art Gallery . New Haven 2006
• Astrid Schierz: Dirck Hendrickz Centen, the master of the Egmont albums . In: master drawings, prints up to 1900, watercolors a. Miniatures. Auction catalog Palais Dorotheum, Vienna March 24, 2011
• Georg Dietz, Thomas Ketelsen, Manfred Hoss, Olaf Simon, Carsten Wintermann, Timo Wolff, Ira Rabin, Oliver Hahn: The Egmont Master phenomenon: X-ray fluorescence spectrometric and paper studies for art history research . In: Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry, February 2012, Volume 402, Issue 4, pp 1505-1515
• Paris Museums (Ed.): Hommage à Philip Pouncey. L'oeil you connaisseur. Italian designs of the Louvre . Paris 1992
• Maria Teresa Caracciolo: Pour le maître of the album Egmont et ses sources . In: Catherine Monbeig Goguel u. a. (Ed.): Francesco Salviati et la Bella Maniera. Actes des colloques de Rome et de Paris 1998. Rome 2001, pp. 667-689.