Master of the Morrison Triptych

As a master of the Morrison Triptych ( Engl. Master of the Morrison Triptych ) is called a Dutch painter of the budding 16th century. The artist, who is not known by name, was given his emergency name after his picture of an enthroned Madonna and Child, which was in the collection of the English textile manufacturer Alfred Morrison in Fonthill House in Wiltshire . The picture is now in the Toledo Museum of Art in Toledo, Ohio .

Works

The art historian Max J. Friedländer assigned the following works to the master of the Morrison triptych through a style-critical comparison:

Madonna and Child, Angels and Saints (Morrison Triptych), Museum of Art, Toledo, Ohio
Madonna and Child and Saints in the Garden (Triptych), National Gallery, London
Adoration of the Magi , Museum of Art, Philadelphia

This order is generally not controversial in the professional world, even if recently pictures in London and Philadelphia are no longer exhibited there under the name of the master. A few more pictures are sometimes assigned to the name of the master.

style

The master of the Morrison triptych shows the influence of the Antwerp painter Quentin Metsys , whose pupil he was sometimes considered. He is also close to artists such as Geertgen tot Sint Jans from Haarlem. The Morrison triptych resembles a Madonna by Hans Memling .

The master of the Morrison triptych could possibly be identified with the painter Simon von Haarlem . By 1510 he was already running a prestigious workshop in Antwerp and also supplied works to Spain.

literature

Max J. Friedländer : Old Dutch Painting, Vol. 8, pp. 80–87.

Web links

Commons : Masters of the Morrison Triptych - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

The Morrison Triptych: A Visiting Masterpiece , Philadelphia Museum of Art exhibit, 2004, web page depicting the Adoration of the Magi (accessed October 2010)

Individual evidence

^ M. Davies: Early Netherlandish School . Inventory catalog National Gallery London 1955, p. 92.
^ Wilhelm Reinhold Valentiner : Simon van Herlam, the master of the Morrison Triptych In: Gazette des beaux-arts 6/45, 1955, pp. 5-10; P. Wescher: Contributions to Simon von Haarlem, the master of the Morrison triptych . In: Yearbook of the Berlin Museums NF 7, 1965, pp. 175–188, JSTOR 4125599 .

personal data
SURNAME	Master of the Morrison Triptych
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Dutch painter
DATE OF BIRTH	15th century
DATE OF DEATH	16th Century

[1] M. Davies: Early Netherlandish School . Inventory catalog National Gallery London 1955, p. 92.

[2] Wilhelm Reinhold Valentiner : Simon van Herlam, the master of the Morrison Triptych In: Gazette des beaux-arts 6/45, 1955, pp. 5-10; P. Wescher: Contributions to Simon von Haarlem, the master of the Morrison triptych . In: Yearbook of the Berlin Museums NF 7, 1965, pp. 175–188, JSTOR 4125599 .