Master of the legend of St. George

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Crucifixion or Sayn altar around 1460
Crucifixion of Christ

The master of the legend of St. George is an emergency name with which a complex of works of late Gothic panel paintings, which was probably created in Cologne between 1465 and 1490 and takes up suggestions from the Dutch Ars Nova, is referred to . It is named after a multi-figure altarpiece with depictions of the legend of St. George . In close spatial, temporal and stylistic connection there are other panel paintings, which are referred to under the emergency names Master of the Lyversberg Passion and Master of the Life of Mary . It is unclear how many artists and workshops are involved. The artists had a decisive influence on the art production of the Cologne School of Painting during their active time.

Identification attempts

In 1902, the art historian Carl Aldenhoven suggested identifying the master of the legend of St. George with the painter Johann van Stockem, who can be traced back to Cologne from 1453 to 1465. This has remained an unproven hypothesis.

The George altar

Gregor's Mass

The George altar of the master of the George legend was made around 1460/65 and can be seen in the Wallraf-Richartz-Museum & Fondation Corboud in Cologne. When open, this work has no compositional or central content center. In contrast to other altarpieces of the same epoch, the chronological arrangement of the individual images makes the work a pure picture narration, without the usual central image of religious veneration. Only a special interpretation of the picture lines shows that one can imagine an altar cross in front of the picture, which in the overall composition with the altar picture could give such a religious focus in a tangible dimension ("3D"). As in other pictures attributed to him, the painter shows spatial experiences in a realistic, comprehensible narrative style.

Works (selection)

  • George altar, around 1460/65. Cologne, Wallraf-Richartz-Museum WRM 114–118
  • Gregor's Mass, around 1470. Cologne, St. Kunibert
  • Crucifixion of Christ , around 1470/80. Cologne, St. Kunibert

literature

  • Hans M. Schmidt : The master of the life of Mary and his circle: studies of late Gothic painting in Cologne . Schwann-Verlag Düsseldorf 1978.
  • Frank Günter Zehnder : Gothic painting in Cologne, Altkölner Bilder von 1300–1550 , 2nd edition Cologne 1993.
  • A. Scherer: Three masters - one workshop. Cologne painting between 1460 and 1490 , diss. Phil. Heidelberg 1997 (microfiche) online version of the text part .
  • Annette Scherer: The altarpiece of the St. George Legend. Netherlandish influence in Cologne . In: Verougstraete, Hélène; Van Schoute, Roger (ed.): La peinture dans les Pays-Bas au 16e siècles. Pratiques d'atelier infrarouges et autres méthodes d'investigation. Löwen 1999, pp. 285-292
  • L. Scheibler and C. Aldenhoven : History of the Cologne School of Painting . Noehring 1902.
  • Complete directory of the painting collection / Wallraf-Richartz-Museum Cologne , Electa / DuMont, 1986, ISBN 3-7701-1979-7 .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Brigitte Corley: Painter and founder of the late Middle Ages in Cologne 1300-1500 . Kiel 2009, there on the influence of Dutch realism chap. 8, pp. 223-276.
  2. ↑ Scheibler / Aldenhoven 1902, p. 346.
  3. ^ Wallraf-Richartz-Museum & Fondation Corboud: Ancestors of the Comic Strip
  4. ^ R. Krischel: Neues Mittelalter im Wallraf , In: Kölner Museums-Bulletin 2008 (3), pp. 13-26
  5. ↑ German photo library: The master of Georg legend . Artist document 70086059. As of 2009
  6. ^ Gregorsmesse on romanische-kirchen-koeln.de
personal data
SURNAME Master of the legend of St. George
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German anonymous painter
DATE OF BIRTH between 1400 and 1460
DATE OF DEATH between around 1490 and 16th century