Master of the Altar of Beyghem

The master of the Beyghem Altarpiece (or Master of Beighem ) is a painter who worked in the Spanish Netherlands in the Flanders region from around 1520 to around 1540 . His emergency name goes back to his altarpiece for a church in Beighem near Brussels. The master stands at the transition from the late Gothic to the Renaissance .

The pictures he received show the coats of arms of the donors, which refer to the important noble clients of the master from the area around the court of Charles V and his successors.

The works of Master von Beighem are relatively unknown to the general public today. Art historians point to the special light effect that the master was able to capture in his main work Die Gefangennahme Christ .

Works (selection)

• The Capture of Christ . Musee des Beaux-Arts, Dijon
  • Donor coat of arms: Duke Philipp von Kleve-Ravenstein , Lord of Ravenstein , General Governor of the Burgundian Empire
• Christ before Pilate . Philadelphia Museum of Art , Johnson Collection Cat. 362
  • Donor coat of arms: Guillaume II. De Croÿ , knight of Chièvres, adviser to Charles V.

Web links

• Image of Christ before Pilate by the Master of Beyghem at the Philadelphia Museum of Art Cat. 362 (English text)
• Color photo of the picture Capture of Christ by the Master of Beyghem at Lessing Photo (commercial page)
• Entry and provenance of the picture Capture of Christ in the Register of the Compensation of the Ministry of Culture of France ( Récupération ) (in French, with black and white photo)