Master of the St. Lambrecht votive tablet

St. Lambrecht's votive tablet, around 1430

As master of St. Lambrecht votive or master of votive of St. Lambrecht an unnamed certainly known is an Austrian painter of the Gothic called. The master, who may have worked in Vienna or Wiener Neustadt around 1420 to 1440 , got his emergency name from his votive picture, a protective cloak Madonna at a horse battle, which was to be found in St. Lambrecht's St.

Style and meaning

The master of the St. Lambrecht votive tablet is one of the last representatives of the soft Gothic style in Austria. The proximity of other painters of his time such as B. the Master of the Offerings , the Master of the Crescent Madonna and the Master of the Worcester Carrying the Cross suggest that he operated a larger workshop.

identification

It was proposed to identify the master of the St. Lambrecht votive tablet as the painter Hans von Judenburg or Hans von Tübingen . However, this is not considered safe.

The votive tablet

The votive table of the master of the St. Lambrecht votive table combines a historical event with a devotional picture. It is believed that the image depicts the battle of King Ludwig I of Hungary against the Ottomans and Bulgarians in 1377.

Works (selection)

• Votive tablet from St. Lambrecht , around 1430. Universalmuseum Joanneum , Alte Galerie, Graz (loan from the Benedictine Abbey of St. Lambrecht )

Several panel paintings on the Passion are ascribed to the master of the St. Lambrecht votive panel , for example B.

• Christ on the Mount of Olives . Musée d'Unterlinden , Colmar
• Crucifixion of Christ . Belvedere , Vienna

A dated work ascribed to the master is the epitaph of the goldsmith Sigmund Waloch from Wiener Neustadt (dated 1434), National Gallery , Prague.

Web links

• Works by the master of the St. Lambrecht votive plaque in: Digitales Belvedere (digital.belvedere.at)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ z. BL Baldass: On the chronology, workshop tour and style derivation of the master of the St. Lambrecht votive tablet . In: Kirchenkunst VI, 1934, pp. 104–106.
2. ↑ so z. BL von Wilckens et al .: Outline of Occidental Art History . Kröner, Stuttgart 2000, p. 192
3. ↑ z. B. Karl Garzarolli-Thurnlackh : On the identity of the votive table master from St. Lambrecht with Hans von Judenburg . In: K. Cernohorsky (Ed.): Festschrift for the sixtieth birthday of EW Braun. Dr. Benno Filser Verlag, Augsburg / Vienna 1931, p. 47ff.
4. ↑ cf. K. Oettinger: Hans von Tübingen and his school . German Association for Art History, Berlin 1938
5. ^ O. Schwarz: Art of the Middle Ages, catalog of the Landesmuseum Joanneum Graz 1955, p. 46
6. ↑ Inv. No. 2002.1.1 ( Memento of the original dated September 3, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
7. ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original dated January 3, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.