Master of the Stratonike

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Masters of Stratonike: Antiochus and Stratonike , 15th Century - Detail (Dance of Antiochus with Stratonike)

With master of Stratonike an unnamed well-known painter is known that in the late Middle Ages and early Renaissance worked from 1470 to 1510 in Italy. Maybe he had his workshop in Siena and got his emergency name (English Stratonice-Master ) after a work that depicts the ancient story of the prince's son Antiochus and Queen Stratonice . His style is said to be close to Filippino Lippi's Florentine style and, like his painting style, influenced by Sandro Botticelli . Also Lucca can be accepted as Schaffensort.

The wedding picture "Antiochus and Stratonike"

"Antiochus and Stratonike" tells of the initially hopeless love of Antiochus, which then, at the grace of the father, can end in a marriage with Stratonike. There are two panels for a wedding chest (Italian cassone). Rich families celebrated with such chests, usually made in pairs. B. in Florence a marriage in their circles. The chests were used to store the bride's trousseau and the front wall and the narrow sides were decorated with paintings that refer to the wedding or celebrate female virtues. Like many works of the Renaissance, the picture of the master of Stratonike draws on an ancient motif and thus celebrates the triumph of love against all doubt

identification

The Master of Stratonike is sometimes associated with the name Michele Ciampanti .

Master of Stratonike (attributed to): Annunciation . San Giovannino dei Cavalieri Church, Florence

Works (selection)

  • Antiochus and Stratonice , oil on panel. San Marino, CA (California, USA), The Huntington Library and Art Gallery, HEH 26.120
  • Madonna with Child and Saints . Birmingham AL (Alabama, USA), Museum of Art (from the Kress Collection)
  • Annunciation . Florence, Church of San Giovannino dei Cavalieri

Individual evidence

  1. ^ B. Berenson : Quadri senza casa: Il Quattrocento senese, II. Dedalo 11 (1930/31), pp. 763-64 and Lost Works of the Last Sienese Masters — Part III. International Studio 98 193
  2. ↑ The Triumph of Marriage, Isabella Steward Gardener Museum painted cassoni of the renaissance, october 16, 2008 - january 18, 2009 Boston MA (Massachusetts, USA) exhibition catalog / press release (English)
  3. ↑ z. BM Tazartes: Anagrafe lucchese: II. Michele Ciampanti; il maestro di Stratonice? In: Ricerche di storia dell'arte, 26.1985, pp. 18-27 (Italian)

literature

  • Isabella Steward Gardener Museum: The Triumph of Marriage, painted cassoni of the renaissance, October 16, 2008 - January 18 . 2009 Boston MA (Massachusetts, USA) 2008 Exhibition catalog / press release (English)
  • R. Massagli: La bottega dei Ciampanti: il Maestro di Stratonice e il Maestro di San Filippo In: Proporzioni , NS 2 / 3.2001 / 02 (2003), pp. 59-103 (on the master's workshop, Italian)
  • M. Tazartes: Anagrafe lucchese: II. Michele Ciampanti; il maestro di Stratonice? In: Ricerche di storia dell'arte , 26.1985, pp. 18-27 (Italian)
  • “Stratonice-Master” in The Grove Dictionary of Art: Macmillan Publishers 2000 (English)
personal data
SURNAME Stratonike, master of
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian Renaissance painter
DATE OF BIRTH 15th century
DATE OF DEATH 16th Century