Master of the Vitae Imperatorum
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As a master of Vitae Imperatorum one is medieval illuminators referred. The artist, who is not known by name, got his emergency name ( Italian Maestro delle Vitae Imperatorum ) after the Vitae Imperatorum he painted , a copy of this work by the ancient writer Suetonius with descriptions of the lives of Roman emperors ( emperors ). The manuscript and its illustration in a scriptorium ( illumination ) is dated around 1431 and was probably made in the Milan area.
Training and style
The master of the Vitae Imperatorum was probably a student and probably also an employee in the workshop under the reign of Filippo Maria Visconti . His work is close to the style of Lombard book illumination as it is used in the environment of this workshop. B. can also be found in the Bible of Mary of Savoy and in Giovannino de 'Grassi and Michelino da Besozzo . As with many Lombard painters of his era, the master's style seems to pursue the aesthetic ideals of cultivated court Gothic.
Works (selection)
- Vitae imperatorum . Bibliothèque nationale de France, inv. 131
In addition to the Vitae Imperatorum , other works are ascribed to the master, e.g. B. in the following manuscripts:
- Dante's Inferno , Bibliothèque Nationale de France, inv. 2617
- Creation of the Earth , Antiphonary , Minneapolis Institute of Art, inv. 43.20
- The Martyrdom of St Lawrence , (Martyrdom of Saint Lawrence), initial from a choir book, ca.1430, Allen Memorial Art Museum
literature
- Milan, second half XV. Century - Master of the Vitae Imperatorum . In: A Viennese Collection, Part One - Old Hand Drawings by Masters of the German, English, French, Dutch, Italian, Swiss, Spanish and Flemish Schools of Painting of the XV. until XIX. Century . CG Boerner & Paul Graupe, Berlin 1930, book miniatures, p. 7 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive , Textarchiv - Internet Archive - Initials J, A and U, figure A and U on panel IV).
- Pietro Toesca : La pittura e la miniatura nella Lombardia. Dai piu antichi monumenti alla meta del Quattrocento. U. Hoepli, Milan 1912, p. 528 ff. ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
- Master of the Vitae Imperatorum . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 37 : Master with emergency names and monogramists . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1950, p. 347 .
- Illaria Toesca: In margine al 'Maestro delle Vitae Imperatorum. In: Paragone. Arte 20, 1969, 237, pp. 73-77.
- Anna Melograni: Appunti di miniature Lombarda: Ricerche sul Maestro delle Vitae Imperatorum. In: Storia dell'arte. 70, 1990, pp. 273-314.
- Anna Melograni: Miniature inedite del Quattrocento lombardo nelle collezioni americane (1). In: Storia dell'arte. 82, 1994, pp. 283-302.
- Antonio Manfredi, Anna Melograni: Due Nuovi Codici del Magister Vitae Imperatorum. In: Aevum. Volume 70, No. 2 (May-August), 1996, pp. 285-306 ISSN 0001-9593 JSTOR 20860629 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Pietro Toesca : La Pittura e la Miniatura nella Lombardia. Milan 1912, p. 528 f.
- ^ G. Freuler: Maestro dei fondi giallini. In: FC Diegelmann, G. Freuler (Hrsg.): Illumination of the 13th to 15th centuries from a Swiss private collection. Auction catalog Koller Auctions , March 2008, online ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at kollerauktionen.ch, as seen on August 25, 2010 (PDF; 2.2 MB).
- ^ GR Bent III: Description of The Martyrdom of St. Lawrence at the Allen Memorial Art Museum, oberlin.edu , accessed on August 25, 2010.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Master of the Vitae Imperatorum |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | medieval illuminator |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 14th century or 15th century |
| DATE OF DEATH | 15th century |