Master of the Marble Madonnas

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Master of the Marble Madonnas, Mary with the Child and Two Angels , Italy around 1480, Louvre, Paris

An Italian sculptor whose name is not known is referred to as the Master of the Marble Madonnas , who between 1470 and 1500 probably worked mainly in Florence and probably also in Urbino .

Naming

The emergency name “Master of the Marble Madonna” goes back to an article by Wilhelm Bode with which he introduced the artist to research in 1886 and to which he then assigned around 30 works with typical common style elements.

style

The work of the master of the marble madonnas is close to the art of Mino da Fiesole , so that it is generally assumed that he received his training from this. The master was strongly influenced by Antonio Rossellino , one of the most important Italian sculptors of the 15th century, who worked in real bas-relief . Like him, the master of the marble madonnas also skillfully uses light and shadow in his reliefs to depict his figures and to emphasize details. By highlighting the head and a slightly deeper sculptural representation of the hands and clothes, he achieves a contrast that makes his works lively. He seems to be trying to break the line between sculpture and painting.

identification

As the identity of the Master of the Marble Madonnas was Domenico Rosselli , Giovanni Ricci or Tommaso Fiamberti proposed. But Gregorio di Lorenzo would also come into question. However, none of the attributions attempted so far has been able to convince experts.

Works (selection)

Master of the Marble Madonnas: bust of the youthful John the Baptist ; Italy, around 1470–1500, Washington, National Gallery of Art
  • Berlin , sculpture collection
    • Mary with the child in the wreath of angels ; around 1460
    • Mary with the child and candelabra ; around 1475
    • Ecce homo
  • Canberra , National Gallery of Australia
    • Mary crowned with the child by angels ; around 1480
  • Duai, museum
    • Ecce homo
  • Forli , Cattedrale di Santa Croce
    • Baptismal font; 1504
    • Hexagonal baptismal font with three scenes from the life of St. John the Baptist and Saints Helena, Jerome, Merkurialis and Valerian
  • Forli, Pinacoteca Civico
    • Mary with the child and angels
  • Paris , Jacquemart-André Museum
    • Ecce homo
  • Paris, Musee National du Louvre
    • Mary with the child and two angels
  • South Carolina , Columbia Art Museum
    • Maria with the child
  • Washington , National Gallery of Art
    • Bust of the youthful John the Baptist ; around 1470–1500

Distinction

The Italian master of the marble Madonnas must be distinguished from the master of the Maasland marble Madonnas , an artist from Flanders who is not known by name .

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Wilhelm Bode: The Italian Renaissance Sculptures in the Royal Museums in Berlin. VI. The Florentine marble paintings in the second half of the Quattrocento. In: Yearbook of the Prussian Art Collections. 1886, pp. 29-32.
  2. ↑ Daniela Ferriani: Il maestro delle Madonna di marmo: Giovanni Ricci o Tommaso Fiamberti. In: Paolo Dal Poggetto (ed.): Piero e Urbino, Piero e le corti rinascimentali. Venice 1992, pp. 378-384; Giacomo De Nicola : Tommaso Fiamberti: il Maestro delle Madonne di Marmo . In: Rassegna d'Arte 9, 1922, pp. 73-78.
  3. ^ Alfredo Bellandi: Gregorio di Lorenzo: Il Maestro delle Madonne di Marmo; Uno scultore e la sua bottega nel Rinascimento. Morbio Inferirore 2006; Alfredo Belandi: Master of the Marble Madonnas. In: A. Butterfield, A. Radcliffe (Eds.): Masterpieces of Renaissance Art: Eight Rediscoveries. New York 2001, pp. 34-40.
personal data
SURNAME Master of the Marble Madonnas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH 15th century
DATE OF DEATH 15th century or 16th century