Master of the Byzantine Madonna

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The master of the Byzantine Madonna was perhaps in Leipzig -based painter from around 1510/20.

His work was compiled in a style-critical way. A concrete historical name could not be assigned to this day. Customers of his workshop were professors from the University of Leipzig and the court of the bishop of Merseburg, especially Adolf von Anhalt .

literature

  • Iris Ritschel: Sacred panel painting in the former diocese of Merseburg between 1470 and 1520 excluding the works of Lukas Cranach, his workshop and his circle. CD-ROM. Leipzig 2002 (Leipzig, University, dissertation, 2002).
  • Karin Heise, Holger Kunde, Helge Wittmann (eds.): Between cathedral and world. 1000 years of Merseburg Cathedral Chapter (= series of publications by the United Cathedral Founders of Merseburg and Naumburg and the Collegiate Foundation Zeitz. Vol. 1). Catalog. Imhof, Petersberg 2004, ISBN 3-937251-38-3 .
  • Markus Cottin, Uwe John, Holger Kunde (Red.): The Merseburg Cathedral and its treasures. Evidence of a thousand-year history (= small writings of the United Cathedral Founders in Merseburg and Naumburg and the Collegiate Foundation Zeitz. Vol. 6). Imhof, Petersberg 2008, ISBN 978-3-86568-408-0 .
personal data
SURNAME Master of the Byzantine Madonna
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Late Middle Ages artist
DATE OF BIRTH 15th century
DATE OF DEATH 16th Century