Master of the Griseldis

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Master of the Griseldis: The Exile (Exile) of the Griseldis (detail), Italy, around 1490

The Master of the Griseldis ( Italian Maestro della vita di Griselda ) is an Italian painter of panel paintings who worked in Umbria and probably in Siena around 1490 . The artist, who is not known by name, got his emergency name from a cycle of paintings he created, which narrated the fictional life story of the humble Griseldis in Boccaccio's Decamerone .

The master of the Griseldis painted in the style of Pinturicchio , to whom the pictures of the Griseldis were first ascribed. Signorelli's influence can also be seen. A cycle of portraits of famous men and women was first assigned to Signorelli, but was then recognized as an independent work by a master of the Griseldis . Since the style of the two models is clearly recognizable, it is assumed that the master of the Griseldis created Siena. During the Renaissance , prominent families in Siena often commissioned pictures for their private rooms, for example to celebrate weddings or a birth. Such images show the understanding of the role of women at the time and celebrate their humility and submissiveness. The Griseldis panel paintings could have been such a wedding gift.

Works (selection)

  • Panel paintings by the master of the Griseldis on the life of the Griseldis. National Gallery, London, UK
    • Wedding of Griseldis and Gualtieri
    • The exile of the Griseldis
    • Reunification

The master of the Griseldis created four pictures in a cycle of eight famous men and women, the other four pictures in the series are by other well-known painters.

literature

Web links

Commons : Masters of the Griseldis  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ V. Tatrai: Il maestro della vita di Griselda e una famiglia senese di mecenati dimenticata. In: Acta historiae artium Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae. 1979, pp. 27-66.
  2. ↑ B. Uppenkamp: Griselda - a fairy tale of the civilizing power of humility. In: A.-M. Bonnet, B. Schellewald (Ed.): Women in the early modern age - life plans in art and literature. Cologne 2004, pp. 165–188.
  3. ↑ Master of the story of Griselda. In: Art Encyclopedia. The Concise Grove Dictionary of Art. Oxford 2002.
  4. ^ Jill Dunkerton et al .: The Master of the story of Griselda and Paintings for Sienese palaces. In: National Gallery Technical Bulletin. Volume 27, 2006, ISSN  0140-7430 , pp. 6-7.
  5. ↑ a b L. Syson (ed.): Renaissance Siena: Art for a City. National Gallery, London, October 2008 (exhibition catalog, English).
  6. ^ The Stationery Office (Ed.): The National Gallery Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended March 31, 2008. London 2008.
personal data
SURNAME Master of the Griseldis
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Maestro della vita di Griselda
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian Renaissance painter
DATE OF BIRTH 15th century
DATE OF DEATH 15th century or 16th century