Master of the Heisterbach Altarpiece

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The master of the Heisterbach Altarpiece is a late Gothic painter who worked in Cologne around 1440 . The name of this artist, sometimes seen as a student of Stefan Lochner , is not known. It got its emergency name after its three-part altar, which it created before 1448 for the Heisterbach monastery near Bonn. After the monastery was dissolved in 1806, two painted wings were preserved; the whereabouts of the well-carved middle section is not known.

Works (selection)

  • The preserved parts of the Heisterbach Altar show scenes from the life of Jesus on the inside and saints like St. Ursula or St. Gereon when closed. Today they are kept in Cologne in the Wallraf-Richartz Museum , in Munich in the Alte Pinakothek and several other museums in Germany.
  • The painting Crucifixion of the Master of the Altar von Heisterbach is in private ownership.

Art historical importance

The master of the Altar by Heisterbach is not counted among the leading exponents of the Cologne School because of his interpretation of the Soft Style and is probably somewhat inferior to other masters in the artistry of his execution; Nevertheless, viewing and analyzing his pictures can provide an insight into the development of painting in Cologne before Stefan Lochner . To see the Heisterbach Altar as a possible early work by Lochner itself remains very controversial.

literature

  • Article: Master of the Heisterbach Altar , In: The Concise Grove Dictionary of Art . Oxford, Oxford University Press 2002
  • Reinhard Liess : The Heisterbach Altarpiece: An early work by Stefan Lochner . Rasch Verlag, Osnabrück 1998. ISBN 3-932147-56-1
  • Ludwig Scheibler and Carl Aldenhoven : History of the Cologne School of Painting , in: Publications of the Society for Rhenish History , Vol. 13, Cologne, Bonn, Düsseldorf, 1902

Web links

  • Entry at the Deutsche Fotothek
  • Crucifixion (English Crucifixion ) - image for auction Christie's London: July 2008 Lot 256 at artnet.de
  • Crucifixion (English Crucifixion ) - Illustration by the auction house Christie's London: July 2008 Lot 256 - with a list of the museums exhibiting parts of the Heisterbach altarpiece (English)
  • T. Nagel: Nocturnal disturbance of the peace , Master of the Heisterbach Altarpiece, picture of the week, KW16 2001 , Museums of the City of Cologne
  • Master of the Heisterbach Altar ( Memento of March 21, 2005 in the Internet Archive ), In: The Grove Dictionary of Art , Macmillan 2000, excerpt on artnet.com, in the Internet Archive on archive.org, as of March 21, 2005 May 3, 2011

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ so z. BAL Plehn: Principles of German and Italian color distribution . Strassburg, Heitz & Mündel, 1911, p. 60
  2. ↑ different Master of the Heisterbach Altar . In: The Concise Grove Dictionary of Art . Oxford University Press 2002
  3. ↑ Master of the Heisterbach Altar . In: The Concise Grove Dictionary of Art . Oxford University Press 2002
  4. ↑ last sold by Christie's auction house, London, July 2008, sale 7610 lot 256
  5. ↑ cf. z. BR Liess: The Heisterbach Altar . Bramsche, Rasch Verlag 1998
  6. ^ M. Wolfson: Before "Stefan Lochner"? About the painter of the Cologne cathedral picture and the master of the Heisterbacher altar . In: FG Zehnder (Ed.): Stefan Lochner, Meister zu Köln: Origin, Works, Effect: an exhibition of the Wallraf-Richartz-Museum. Cologne 1993. pp. 97-107
personal data
SURNAME Master of the Heisterbach Altarpiece
BRIEF DESCRIPTION late Gothic painter
DATE OF BIRTH 14th century or 15th century
DATE OF DEATH 15th century