Master of the beheading of John

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Master of the beheading of John the notname one in Ulm active painter of the late Gothic period , the panel paintings of Blaubeurer high altar attributed by 1493/94.

The major order for the mighty Blaubeurer Altar went to the leading workshop in Ulm, either under the leadership of the workshop manager Hans Schüchlin or already under the leadership of the rising man in the Ulm painting scene , Schüchlin's son-in-law Bartholomäus Zeitblom . Since the order exceeded the capacity of this workshop, Bernhard Strigel from Memmingen was called in , who carried out some panels on his own responsibility.

In 1924 Ernst Buchner was the first to point out that various employees were also working within the Schüchlin workshop. His suggestion of the "hand divorce" was largely adopted by research. After that, 3 painters were involved in the Schüchlin workshop: Bartholomäus Zeitblom, the master of the burial of John and the master of the beheading of John.

There are said to be two pictures of the master of the beheading of John on the inner wings of the 1st transformation:

  • The beheading of John
  • Herod's Supper

The special feature of this painter is a pronounced preference for courtly elegance of movements and precious details, he avoids the frontal view of the figures' heads.

Anna Moraht-Fromm has recently questioned the Buchner divorce. She suggests that in the Schüchlin workshop, besides Zeitblom, only one other designer of entire panels should be accepted; she calls him Master of the Blaubeurer Crucifixion .

literature

  • Ernst Buchner : The masters of the panels of the Blaubeurer Altar (lecture report) , in: Münchner Jahrbuch der bildenden Kunst , NF 1, 1924, pp. 307–308.
  • Sibylle Braun-Miller, Joachim Klein, Bärbel Wottke: 500 years high altar Blaubeuren , Wannweil ​​1993, ISBN 3-86144-060-1 .
  • Dietlinde Bosch: Bartholomäus Zeitblom. The artistic work , Stuttgart 1999, ISBN 3-17-016383-3 , p. 150.
  • Anna Moraht-Fromm: The concerted action. For the panel painting of the Blaubeurer high altar retable . In: Anna Moraht-Fromm, Wolfgang Schürle (Ed.): Blaubeuren Monastery. The choir and its high altar , Theiss, Stuttgart 2002, ISBN 3-9806664-6-8 , pp. 168–217.
  • Anna Mohrat-Fromm: Ulm painter collective. Michel Erhart and painting , in: Catalog for the late Gothic exhibition in Ulm. Michel Erhart and Jörg Syrlin d. Ä. in the Museum of the City of Ulm, Stuttgart 2002, pp. 146–153.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ See Anna Moraht-Fromm: The concerted action. On the panel painting of the Blaubeurer high altar retable, in: dies. (Ed.): Blaubeuren Monastery. The choir and its high altar, pp. 168–217.
personal data
SURNAME Master of the beheading of John
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Late Gothic painter
DATE OF BIRTH 15th century
DATE OF DEATH 15th century or 16th century