Master of the insurgent angels

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Master of the Rebellious Angels: Angel Fall

A painter in Italy in the second half of the 14th century, the Trecento , is referred to as the master of the rebel angels ( fr. Maître des Anges Rebelles ) . The artist, not known by name, was probably active in Siena . It got its emergency name after the picture he created around 1345 of the fall of the angel, which represents the suppression of the revolt of angels against the supremacy of God. A corresponding picture of Saint Martin was separated over time, both works are now in the Musée du Louvre in Paris. The exact composition of the original altar they formed cannot be reconstructed with certainty.

The master of the rebellious angels painted both pictures on wood, in a small format. The liveliness of the figure movements and the use and division of the surface in their depiction in the angel fall show a "courageous" departure from the static interpretation of his predecessors. The master is thus close to a painting style begun by Ambrogio Lorenzetti . He may come from the environment of Lippo Memmi or Simone Martini , both also Sienese painters of the early Renaissance . It cannot be ruled out that the master of the insurgent angels was in Avignon, France, with martini.

literature

  • Michel Laclotte: Le Maître des Anges Rebelles. In: Paragone. Arte . Vol. 20, No. 237, 1969, ISSN  1120-4737 , pp. 3-14.
  • Joseph Polzer: The "Master of the Rebel Angels" reconsidered. In: The Art Bulletin. Vol. 63, No. 4, 1981, ISSN  0004-3079 , pp. 563-584.
  • Maître des Anges Rebelles. In: Michel Laclotte, Jean-Pierre Cuzin (Ed.): Dictionnaire de la peinture. Derniere édition revue et corrigée. Larousse, Paris 1989.
  • Elisabeth Mognetti, Marianne Lonjon: Le panneau double-face du maître des ans rebelles: recherches sur l'image et la forme. In: Pierre Rosenberg , Roseline Bacou (ed.): Hommage à Michel Laclotte. Études sur la peinture du Moyen Age et de la Renaissance. Electa et al., Milan 1994, ISBN 2-7118-3116-7 , pp. 35-49.

Web links

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ inventory number Louvre DL 1967-1-a, 1967-1-b DL
personal data
SURNAME Master of the insurgent angels
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Maître des Anges Rebelles
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Early Italian Renaissance painter
DATE OF BIRTH 14th Century
DATE OF DEATH 14th Century