Master of the Fiesole Epiphany

As Master of the Epiphany of Fiesole or Master of the Fiesole Epiphany ( English Master of the Fiesole Epiphany), an Italian called painter who in the mid-15th century Florence was active. The artist, who is not known by name, got his emergency name after the large-format depiction of the Epiphany he created for the Church of San Francesco in Fiesole in the province of Florence .

style

The Master of the Epiphany of Fiesole is the successor of Domenico Ghirlandaio .

identification

The closeness of the style of the Master of the Fiesole Epiphany to Ghirlandaio is an accepted interpretation, it has also been suggested that the master could be identical to Filippo di Giuliano , a collaborator of Jacopo del Sellaio (1441-1493), a student of Fra Filippo Lippi . The relationship between the style of the master of the Epiphany by Fiesole and the style of Lippi was already seen in the early days of art history.

Works (selection)

Epiphany of Fiesole

The following are attributed to the Master of the Epiphany of Fiesole :

Christ on the Cross with Saints Vincent Ferrer, John the Tauefer and Mark and Antoninus , circa 1491/1495, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Child Jesus and John the Baptist , c. 1490, Phoenix, Phoenix Art Museum
Este Predella , New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Individual evidence

^ Everett Fahy: Some early Italian pictures in the Gambier-Parry Collection. In: The Burlington Magazine. Vol. 109, No. 768, 1967, ISSN 0007-6287 , pp. 128-139.
↑ Everett Fahy: Some Followers of Domenico Ghirlandajo. Garland, New York et al. 1976, ISBN 0-8240-1986-5 , p. 170 (Cambridge MA, Harvard University, dissertation, 1968).
^ Christies auction house, New York, sale 2135, lot 1 .
^ Charles Sedelmeyer auction, Paris 1907, lot 144.
↑ see e.g. B. Everett Fahy: The Este Predella Panels and Other Works by the Master of the Fiesole Epiphany. In: Nuovi Studi. Vol. 6/7, No. 9, 2003, ZDB -ID 1343997-2 , pp. 17-29, here p. 24.

personal data
SURNAME	Master of the Fiesole Epiphany
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Master of the Fiesole Epiphany (English)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Italian painter
DATE OF BIRTH	15th century
DATE OF DEATH	15th century or 16th century

[1] Everett Fahy: Some early Italian pictures in the Gambier-Parry Collection. In: The Burlington Magazine. Vol. 109, No. 768, 1967, ISSN 0007-6287 , pp. 128-139.

[2] Everett Fahy: Some Followers of Domenico Ghirlandajo. Garland, New York et al. 1976, ISBN 0-8240-1986-5 , p. 170 (Cambridge MA, Harvard University, dissertation, 1968).

[3] Christies auction house, New York, sale 2135, lot 1 .

[4] Charles Sedelmeyer auction, Paris 1907, lot 144.

[5] see e.g. B. Everett Fahy: The Este Predella Panels and Other Works by the Master of the Fiesole Epiphany. In: Nuovi Studi. Vol. 6/7, No. 9, 2003, ZDB -ID 1343997-2 , pp. 17-29, here p. 24.