Master of the Life of Mary in Aachen
A painter from the Cologne School of Painting , who was probably active in the last third of the 15th century in Aachen and possibly in Cologne , is referred to as the master of the Aachen life of the Virgin Mary (sometimes also called master of the Aachen cupboard doors or master of the Aachen tables ) . Since his name has not been passed down, this so-called emergency name was chosen, which refers to his traditional work. In addition to the master of the Aachen altarpiece and the Cologne master of the life of the Virgin Mary, he belongs to the group of painters who at the turn of the 16th century mainly worked in Cologne and were still entirely committed to a Baroque, late-Gothic sense of form and style.
Named work
Aachener Marienleben , Cologne around 1485, oil on oak, height 105, width 62.5 centimeters per wing. Today it is in the Aachen Cathedral Treasury .
The panels belong to the large apse altar of the Gothic choir in the Aachen Minster and served as wings in front of the Ottonian Pala d'oro , which at that time formed the center of an altarpiece . When closed, the outer sides of the wings in the middle show the Mother of God with the child and Charlemagne , who kneels and hands over the model of the Aachen cathedral to the baby Jesus . Left and right are St. Leopardus and St. Bishop Blaise .
On the inside of the wings eight scenes from the life of the Virgin are shown in pairs, one on top of the other , typologically related to one another. In the top row from left to right: The Birth of Mary, the Visitation of the Virgin Mary , the Annunciation and Joachim and Anna at the Golden Gate. Below: The Man of Sorrows meets his mother, the Assumption of Mary into heaven , the presentation of Jesus in the temple and the passage of Mary to the temple.
The people depicted can be recognized as contemporaries of the painter. The scenes testify to the picturesque richness of detail and glow in unbroken colors. The landscape and architecture have a homely and contemporary feel. Details such as the lying Turkish crescent on a domed structure or the depiction of an elephant show the artist's attempt to use oriental features to indicate the actual scene of the event, the holy land .
The panel shows that the Aachen painter has based the design of the figures or the prayer desk clearly on the model of the master of the life of Mary who worked in Cologne, that his physiognomies and physicality are more linear and that the rooms have their own both more objective and at the same time livelier Preferred representation.
Other well-known works
- Crucifixion , around 1465, oil on canvas, Wallraf-Richartz-Museum & Fondation Corboud, Cologne
- Saint Peter with Cologne Archbishop Hermann IV as donor , around 1480, part of a diptych or triptych, oil on oak, Rheinisches Landesmuseum Bonn
- Saint Bishop Blasius , around 1485, oil on oak, Aachen Cathedral Treasury
- Emperor Charlemagne with the model of the Aachen Minster , Cologne around 1485, oil on oak, Aachen Cathedral Treasury
- Adoration of the Magi , around 1510
- Mary with child and angels
- Hans von Melern
literature
- Herta Lepie : The Cathedral Treasury in Aachen. Photos: Ann Münchow. 5th edition. Cathedral chapter, Aachen 1986, p. [?].
- Ernst Günther Grimme : The Aachen Cathedral. Architecture and equipment. Photos: Ann Münchow. Einhard-Verlag, Aachen 1994, ISBN 3-920284-87-9 , p. [?].
- Herta Lepie, Georg Minkenberg : The treasury of the Aachen cathedral. Brimberg, Aachen 1995, ISBN 3-923773-16-1 , pp. 70-72.
- Sven Lüken: The Annunciation to Maria in the 15th and early 16th centuries. Historical and art historical studies (= reconstruction of the arts. Vol. 2). Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2000, ISBN 3-525-47901-8 , p. 136 ff. ( Digitized version )
- Günther Meissner (Ed.): General artist lexicon. The visual artists of all time. Vol. ???, Saur, Munich & Leipzig 2007, p. 125.
Web links
- Image excerpts from the Aachen Marientafel
- A pilgrim with a stick and a pilgrim bottle moves through a hilly landscape against the background of a medieval city with a Muslim and Christian place of worship. Detail from the life of Mary (PDF; 1.9 MB).
Individual evidence
- ^ Herta Lepie and Georg Minkenberg: The cathedral treasure in Aachen . 2nd Edition. Schnell & Steiner GmbH, Regensburg 2015, ISBN 978-3-7954-2320-9 , p. 81 .
- ↑ Image Crucifixion ( Memento of the original from March 5, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Panel picture of Saint Peter with Archbishop Hermann IV of Cologne as the donor ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Emperor Charlemagne with the model of the Aachen Minster ( Memento from September 9, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Adoration of the Magi, description on the website of the Kaiser-Friedrich-Museums-Verein
- ↑ a b listed in the Alte Pinakothek, Munich
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Master of the Life of Mary in Aachen |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German painter of the Middle Ages |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 15th century |
| DATE OF DEATH | 16th Century |