Master of Naughty Children

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As a master of naughty children one is Florentine artists of the Renaissance called that a number of the early 16th century terracotta figures has created. The master, who is not known by name, got his emergency name from a motif that he repeatedly used for these figures: he lets individual or playfully naughty child figures perform "little pranks" in the vicinity of the main character.

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Since some figures of the master of naughty children z. B. also have typical halos or headgear of the same kind, in addition to several depictions of the virgin with baby Jesus z. B. in museums in Berlin and Amsterdam also copies of a Charitas surrounded by three children's figures such. B. Attributed in London's Victoria and Albert Museum. In the Marienfiguren, for example, the baby Jesus playfully reveals the life-giving breast of the Madonna. A number of figures of river deities in museums in Rhode Island and Detroit in the USA by the master, who is called Master of the Unruly Children in English , are also included in his work because of the typical folds.

Workshop manufacturing

It can be assumed that the master of naughty children ran a workshop that produced figures with a religious but also secular background in large numbers. Terracotta figures of the Renaissance have also been preserved from other studios in Florence and, in addition to using different motifs, can be used for example. B. can be distinguished from each other by firing technology or investigations into the consistency of the glaze . It can also be seen that such figures are not templates for larger sculptures, but collectors' items for a separate market at the time.

style

Even if the work of the master of naughty children does not come close to the significance of other works of art of the budding Renaissance, it is not mass-produced. It shows the hand of an experienced and trained artist in its skilful representation of movement, folds and overall composition. In the master's figures, sculptures by important artists of the Italian Renaissance can be heard. The Charitas figures show an influence of Donatello and in general the influence of Verruchio or Benedetto da Maiano can be seen in the work.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Official reports from the Imperial Art Collections , 35/7 1914. Quoted from German Periodicals . In: The Burlington Magazine 25, No. 138: 369-372 (1914)
  2. ^ Wilhelm von Bode : Fifty years of museum work . Bielefeld / Leipzig 1922
  3. ↑ Master of the Unruly Children to Schadow: An Exhibition of European Works of Art . London 1968 (exhibition catalog)
  4. ^ The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin - Recent Acquisitions 2004–2005 . 63, 2005, p. 18
  5. ↑ Master for the Unruly Children . In: Art Encyclopedia . The Concise Grove Dictionary of Art. Oxford 2002 (online 2010 edition)
  6. ↑ Cornelius von Fabriczy : Critical index of Tuscan wood and clay statues up to the beginning of the Cinquecento . In: Yearbook of the Royal Prussian Art Collections , supplement to Volume 30, 1909, pp. 1–88
  7. ^ N. Ferretti: Maestro dei Bambini Irrequiet . In M. Ferretti (ed.): Per la Storia della Scultura: Materiali inediti e poco noti . Turin 1992, p. 43ff.
  8. ↑ Master for the Unruly Children . In: Art Encyclopedia . The Concise Grove Dictionary of Art. Oxford 2002 (online edition)
personal data
SURNAME Master of Naughty Children
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Florentine artist
DATE OF BIRTH 15th century
DATE OF DEATH 16th Century