Master of the Legend of Saint Godelieve

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As Master of the Legend of the Holy Godelieve or master of Godelieve legend ( NDL. ) Meester van de Godelieve legend is a medieval painter of panel paintings from the Flanders called the last quarter of the 15th century. The artist, who is not known by name, got his emergency name from his pictures for a multi-part winged altar that depicts the life and miracles of the saint Godelieve, who is venerated in Flanders . The work from around 1470 or 1480 was probably commissioned by a craftsmen's guild in Brugesfor the Liebfrauenkirche there , where it was placed in a chapel until the end of the 18th century. Today the completely preserved altar is kept in New York in the Metropolitan Museum of Art .

style

Although the style of the master of the legend of Saint Godelieve is close to that of other contemporary painters such as the master of the (Bruges) Ursula legend , there is a difference in craftsmanship and the individual style of the master is somewhat flatter and less developed ”.

Works (selection)

The main and eponymous work of the master of the legend of Saint Godelieve is his winged altar ( polyptych ):

The following works are also assigned to the master by comparing styles:

  • Lamentation (Lamentatio) (Van der Straeten Triptych.) Onze-Lieve-Vrouwekerk, Bruges
  • Crucifixion ( triptych ). Real Cartuja de Miraflores, Burgos
  • The life and miracles of Saint James . Indianapolis Museum of Art Inv. No. 24.3
  • Lamentation (Entombment) . Museo Nazionale di S. Matteo, Pisa
  • Passion triptych . Museo Diocesano, Vitoria

Individual evidence

  1. ^ English Master of the Saint Godelieve Legend, E. Panofsky: Early Netherlandish Painting: Its Origins and Character. Cambridge, Mass., 1953, Vol. 1, p. 447
  2. ↑ z. BE Panofsky: Old Dutch Painting. Their origin and essence . Cologne 2001, p. 350
  3. ↑ sz BE Haverkamp-Begemann: De Meester van de Godelieve-Legende, een Brugs Schilder uit het Einde van de XVe Eeuw. In: Bulletin Musées Royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique, 4.1955, p. 185. pp. 194-198
  4. ^ M. Ainsworth, K. Christiansen (eds.): From Van Eyck to Bruegel, Early Netherlandish Painting in the Metropolitan Museum of Art (The Metropolitan Museum, exhibition catalog September 1998 January 1999), New York 1999 pp. 125–28
  5. ↑ Master of the Saint Godelieve Legend . In: Art Encyclopedia. The Concise Grove Dictionary of Art. Online edition Oxford University Press, updated 2002, accessed April 2010
  6. ^ Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, John Stewart Kennedy Fund, 1912 (12.79)
  7. ↑ cf. in addition Master of the Saint Godelieve Legend. In: Art Encyclopedia. The Concise Grove Dictionary of Art. Online edition, Oxford University Press, as of 2002. Accessed April 2010.
  8. ^ F. Bologna. Un'opera del maestro della leggenda di St. Godelieve . Musées Royaux des Beaux-Arts Bulletin 5 1956, p. 33

Web links

  • Image of the outside of the Godelieve Altarpiece (with English description) Metropolitan Museum
  • Image of the inside (Sunday side) of the Godelieve Altar (with English description) Metropolitan Museum
personal data
SURNAME Master of the Legend of Saint Godelieve
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Master of the Godelieve legend
BRIEF DESCRIPTION medieval Flemish painter
DATE OF BIRTH 15th century
DATE OF DEATH 15th century or 16th century