Master of Alkmaar

The Master of Alkmaar , also known as the Master of the Seven Works of Mercy , was a painter not known by name who worked in the northern Netherlands between 1490 and 1510.

It received its emergency name after the main work created in 1504 for the St. Laurenzius Church (Grote Kerk) in Alkmaar . It is a multi-part pictorial work ( polyptych ) with seven panel paintings , each depicting one of the seven works of mercy . The motif is based on a passage from the New Testament and should remind the viewer of the need to help people in need. Rhyming texts that can be found on the frame of the pictures support this request.

The master of Alkmaar is possibly identical to Cornelis Buys, the brother of Jacob Cornellisz , who can be traced back to Alkmaar around 1540 . There are also speculations that he could be identical to the master of the fountain of life .

Works (selection)

The Seven Works of Mercy , 1504, oil on panel. Rijksmuseum Amsterdam (on loan from Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam)

The following are also attributed to the master of Alkmaar :

Altar wing with Saints Jacob and Maria Magdalena and 17 donor portraits, around 1490. Alkmaar, Stedelijk Museum
Saint Catherine and Saint Agnes , around 1510, oil on panel
St. Ursula and St. Godeleva , around 1510, oil on panel
Portrait of Hendrik IV. Van Naaldwijk , around 1510. Rijksmuseum Amsterdam
Portrait of Count Johann von Egmond and his wife Magdalena . New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art
Scenes from the life of Joachim and Anna ( triptych )

literature

Max J. Friedländer : The old Dutch painting. Volume 10: Lucas van Leyden and other Dutch masters of his time. Sijthoff, Leiden 1934, pp.?.
Max J. Friedländer: The master of Alkmaar. In: monthly journals for art history. Volume 12, 1919, ISSN 0863-5811 , pp. 173-174.
Master of Alkmaar . 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. 11 .
James E. Snyder: The Master of Alkmaar. Two notes. In: Oud-Holland. Tijdschrift voor Nederlandse Kunstgeschiedenis. Volume 76, 1961, ISSN 0030-672X , pp. 61-67, doi: 10.1163 / 187501761X00040 .

Web links

Commons : Meister von Alkmaar - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Master of Alkmaar in Google Arts & Culture

Individual evidence

↑ Cf. Rainer Sommer: Meister von Alkmaar. The works of mercy. In: Fritz Mybes (ed.): The works of mercy (= service to the word. Volume 81). Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 1998, ISBN 3-525-59345-7 , pp. 13-19.
↑ Mt. , chapter 25, verses 31-46.
^ Otto Hirschmann : Acquisitions by the Dutch museums during the war years. In: monthly journals for art history. Volume 12, Issue 4, 1919, ISSN 0863-5811 , pp. 88-94; Christiane Möller: Jacob Cornelisz. van Oostsanen and Doen Pietersz. Studies on the collaboration between woodcutters and printers in Amsterdam in the early 16th century (= Netherlands studies. Volume 34). Waxman, Münster et al. 2005, ISBN 3-8309-1299-4 .
↑ Max J. Friedländer: Small study results. In: Art Chronicle. Weekly for arts and crafts. New series vol. 26, no. 4, 1914/15, ISSN 2195-4860 , columns 49-50, here column 50, (digitized version )

personal data
SURNAME	Master of Alkmaar
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Master of the Seven Works of Mercy
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Old Dutch painter
DATE OF BIRTH	uncertain: before 1490
DATE OF DEATH	uncertain: after 1510

[1] Cf. Rainer Sommer: Meister von Alkmaar. The works of mercy. In: Fritz Mybes (ed.): The works of mercy (= service to the word. Volume 81). Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 1998, ISBN 3-525-59345-7 , pp. 13-19.

[2] Mt. , chapter 25, verses 31-46.

[3] Otto Hirschmann : Acquisitions by the Dutch museums during the war years. In: monthly journals for art history. Volume 12, Issue 4, 1919, ISSN 0863-5811 , pp. 88-94; Christiane Möller: Jacob Cornelisz. van Oostsanen and Doen Pietersz. Studies on the collaboration between woodcutters and printers in Amsterdam in the early 16th century (= Netherlands studies. Volume 34). Waxman, Münster et al. 2005, ISBN 3-8309-1299-4 .

[4] Max J. Friedländer: Small study results. In: Art Chronicle. Weekly for arts and crafts. New series vol. 26, no. 4, 1914/15, ISSN 2195-4860 , columns 49-50, here column 50, (digitized version )