Master of the Ehninger Altar
A painter and draftsman who was presumably tangible in the area around Rottenburg am Neckar between 1467 and 1476 and who was strongly influenced by old Dutch painting is referred to as the master of the Ehninger Altar . The artist, who is not known by name, got his emergency name after the Ehninger Altar he created . This work, created for the parish church of St. Maria in Ehningen near Böblingen, was created around 1476 as a foundation by the Countess Palatine Mechthild , whose coat of arms can be found on the altar and who had her widow's residence in Rottenburg from 1463.
Origin and style
The master of the Ehninger altar is almost certainly not from the region and built his workshop after immigrating from another southern German area in the Swabian region. The painting style and overall composition of the Ehninger Altar, as well as some details in particular, are strongly reminiscent of Dierick Bouts' working method and choice of motifs . In the history of art it is generally accepted that the altar was modeled on a now lost work by this Dutch painter. The master of the Ehninger Altar may even have been Dierick's pupil. The altar is a rather untypical example of Swabian art of its time, as it ultimately shows the influence and color choice going back to Rogier van der Weyden .
Ehninger Altar
The Ehninger Altar is a triptych , painted in tempera and oil on spruce wood. The master of the Ehninger altar depicts scenes of the resurrection and ascension of Christ as well as the miracle of Pentecost . The outer sides, covered with canvas, show the Annunciation to Mary .
The work is now in the Staatsgalerie Stuttgart .
literature
- Melanie Prange: The Ehninger Altar. Cat.-No. IV.13. In: Erwin Frauenknecht and Peter Rückert (eds.): Mechthild 1419-1482 in the mirror of the times. Catalog for the exhibition of the Baden-Württemberg State Archives, Stuttgart Main State Archives . Stuttgart 2019, pp. 163–166.
- Sven Lüken: The Annunciation to Maria in the 15th and early 16th centuries . Göttingen 2000, p. 198.
- Edeltraud Radich: Master of the Ehninger Altar . In: Edeltraud Rettich, Rüdiger Klapproth, Gerhard Ewald: Old Masters. Catalog of the State Gallery Stuttgart. Stuttgart 1992, pp. 207-209.
- Alfred Stange : German painting of the Gothic volume 8. Swabia in the period from 1450 to 1500 . Munich and Berlin 1957
Web links
- Master of the Ehninger Altar: Ehninger Altar . Staatsgalerie Stuttgart (accessed June 2010)