Master of the Genoese Johannestafeln

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With master of the Genoese John panels ( Italian Maestro delle Storie di San Giovanni Evangelista ) is a Flemish painter called, who in 1500 in Italy in the city of Genoa worked. The artist, who is not known by name, got his emergency name after the four pictures he created with scenes from the life of the Evangelist John .

The pictures of the master, also called Johannestafeln in Genoa , are now in the Galleria di Palazzo Bianco in Genoa. A few other pictures are ascribed to the master; B. A privately owned painting The Carrying of the Cross of Heraclius .

Stylistically, the work of the master of the Genoese Johannestafeln is related to the work of Aelbert Bouts (* 1451; † 1549), to whom the Johannestafeln were initially assigned.

literature

  • Max J. Friedländer: Three Dutch painters in Genoa. In: Zeitschrift für bildende Kunst. 61 (1927-1928), pp. 275-279.
  • L. Ragghianti Collobi: Dipinti fiamminghi in Italia 1420-1570. Catalogo (Musei dItalia, Meraviglie dItalia). Florence 1990.
  • Painter of the Genoese Johannestafeln . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 37 : Master with emergency names and monogramists . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1950.
  • P. Boccardo, C. Di Fabio: Pittura fiamminga in Liguria. Genoa 1997.
  • A. De Florian, MC Galassi: Culture figurative a confronto tra Fiandre e Italia dal XV al XVII secolo. Milan 2008.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Galleria di Palazzo Bianco inventory number PB156.
  2. ↑ Christie's auction house, sale 2343 Dipinti e Disegni Antichi lot 182, Rome 1998.
personal data
SURNAME Master of the Genoese Johannestafeln
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Master of the Johannestafeln in Genoa
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Medieval artist
DATE OF BIRTH 14th Century
DATE OF DEATH 14th century or 15th century