Master of the little passion

With master of the small Passion one in is Cologne the Middle Ages active Gothic painter called. His works were created between 1400 and 1420. The artist, who is not known by name, was given his emergency name after one of his works, a series of Passion paintings.

Painting style

The works of the Master of the Little Passion , in addition to the paintings of the Master of Saint Veronica , which were also created in Cologne, and those of the so-called Elder Master of the Holy Kinship, are considered the main works of the international and soft style in Cologne, which is influenced by French, Burgundian and Italian art . The influence of the master of the little passion can be seen in the pictures of subsequent Cologne masters. He may have been the head of a larger workshop where his students adopted his style. B. Stefan Lochner the transition from the Cologne School of Painting to realism based on Dutch painting took place.

Works (selection)

• Triptych with passion scenes . Cologne, Wallraf-Richartz-Museum & Fondation Corboud WRM 38-43
• The holy deacons Laurentius and Stephan . Cologne, Wallraf-Richartz-Museum & Fondation Corboud WRM 46
• Martyrdom of St. Ursula before the city of Cologne . Cologne, Wallraf-Richartz-Museum & Fondation Corboud WRM 51
• Scenes from the life of Saint Anthony . Cologne, Wallraf-Richartz-Museum Inv.-No. 53

City view of Cologne

The picture Martyrdom of St. Ursula the Master of the Small Passion shows one of the oldest preserved cityscapes of Cologne.

literature

• Master of the Small Passion . 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. 180 .
• F. Zehnder: Old Cologne painting. Inventory catalog of Cologne panel and canvas painting from 1300 to 1550. Catalog of the Wallraf-Richartz-Museum Volume XI. Wallraf-Richartz-Museum & Fondation Corboud 1990.

Web links

Commons : Master of the Little Passion  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Museums in Cologne: Cologne as a model city (for the martyrdom of St. Ursula in front of the city of Cologne by the Master of the Small Passion ) Picture of the 15th week - April 14th to 20th, 2008

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Master of the Small Passion artist document 70086101, deutschefotothek.de.
2. ^ S. Lüken: The Annunciation to Maria in the 15th and early 16th centuries. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht 2000, p. 130.
3. ↑ Cologne School of Painting. In: PW Hartmann: Kunstlexikon. Beyars 1996.
4. ^ S. Henseler et al .: Cologne (DuMont Reise-Taschenbuch). DuMont Reiseverlag 2008, p. 36.