Master of St. Augustine

A painter from Flanders in the late Gothic period is called Master of St. Augustine (wrongly also Master of the Legend of St. Augustine ) . The artist, not known by name, was active in Bruges around 1480/90 . It is named after the winged altar that he created with scenes from the life of St. Augustine . The name goes back to Max J. Friedländer .

Works (selection)

New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art 61.199

Scenes from the life of St. Augustine , ca.1490, The Cloisters Collection, Metropolitan Museum of Art , New York 61.199, middle section of a winged altar
Death of Saint Augustine , ca.1490 , National Gallery of Ireland , Dublin NCI.823, right wing of the altar today in New York
Saint Augustine and Saint Paul , approx. 1490, Suermondt-Ludwig-Museum , Aachen, fragment of the outside of a wing of the altar today in New York

Furthermore, the master of St. Augustine z. B. the portrait of a man , now privately owned, assigned.

literature

Max J. Friedländer : The Bruges Master of St. Augustin . In: Art in America 25, 1927, pp. 47-54.
Master of St. Augustine . 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. 28 .
Katharine Baetjer: Master of Saint Augustine - Netherlandish about 1490: Scenes from the Life of Saint Augustine . In: European Paintings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art by Artists Born Before 1865. A Summary Catalog . Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York 1995, ISBN 0-87099-734-3 , pp. 257 ( books.google.de - inventory no. 61.199).

Individual evidence

^ Entry in the museum database .
^ Entry in the museum database .
↑ Christie's auction house, auction May 1992, lot 122.

personal data
SURNAME	Master of St. Augustine
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Master of Saint Augustine; Meester van de Saint Augustine
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Flemish late Gothic painter
DATE OF BIRTH	15th century
DATE OF DEATH	15th century or 16th century

[1] Entry in the museum database .

[2] Entry in the museum database .

[3] Christie's auction house, auction May 1992, lot 122.