Master of the Madonna from the Old Town Hall

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As a master of Our Lady of the Old Town Hall one is a sculptor in Prague of the time referred to the 1360th The medieval master, whose main work is not known by name , created the almost life-size Madonna on a corner console of the chapel in the old town hall of this city.The chapel was consecrated in 1381. Consoles in the nearby Tyn Church and possibly also some busts in St. Vitus Cathedral are also attributed to the master .

The works of the Master of the Madonna from the Old Town Hall are of art historical interest for the dating of Gothic sculptures in the region. They are an example of the artistic development of sculpture at the time of Emperor Charles IV and a testament to the importance of Prague as an art center during his reign.

literature

  • Jiří Fajt (ed.): Charles IV. Emperor by God's grace. Art and Representation of the House of Luxembourg 1347–1437 . Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich 2006, ISBN 978-3-422-06598-7 (catalog of the exhibition of the same name, Prague Castle , February 16 to May 21, 2006).
  • Jiří Fajt: Peter Parler and the sculpture of the third quarter of the 14th century in Prague . In: Richard Strobel (Red.): Parlerbauten. Architecture, sculpture, restoration. International Parler Symposium, Schwäbisch Gmünd, 17. – 19. July 2001 . Theiss, Stuttgart 2004, pp. 207-220, ISBN 3-8062-1882-X .