Master of the Pfullendorfer Altar

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Parts of the Pfullendorfer Altar: Scenes from the life of Mary

As a master of Pfullendorfer altar one is late Gothic painter called. The artist, whose name is not certain, painted an altar around 1500 which is said to come from the parish church of St. Jakob in Pfullendorf and which gave the master his emergency name . The panels with scenes from the life of the Virgin Mary and the life of Christ as well as pictures of prophets, which are still preserved today, are considered to be important works of the working method shaped by the Ulm painting of the epoch.

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The Pfullendorfer Altar was probably a two meter long winged altar. The painted outside is almost completely destroyed. The still preserved, divided 16 panel paintings on the inside are now in the possession of three museums:

Stylistic closeness

The work of the master of the Pfullendorfer Altar is close to the style of late medieval painting grouped as the Ulm School . In particular, there is at least one stylistic relationship between the master and the painter Bartholomäus Zeitblom , who works in Ulm , even if the pictures of the Pfullendorfer Altar show a more clearly defined spatiality.

identification

It was proposed to equate the master of the Pfullendorfer Altar with the painter Bernhard Strigel from Memmingen.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ S. Lüken: The Annunciation to Maria in the 15th and early 16th centuries . Göttingen 2000 p. 218
  2. ↑ D. Countess von Pfeil: The master of the Pfullendorfer retable and his workshop . In: Württembergisches Landesmuseum Stuttgart (Hrsg.): Masterpieces massively. The sculpture workshop of Niklaus Weckmann and the painting in Ulm around 1500 . Stuttgart 1993, p. 186
  3. ↑ Bruno Bushart : "Master of the Pfullendorfer Altar" or Bernhard Strigel? In: Journal for Art History. Volume 21, 1958, pp. 230-242.

literature

  • Daniela Countess von Pfeil: The master of the Pfullendorfer retable and his workshop. In: Gerhard Weilandt, Stefan Roller (Red.): Masterpieces en masse. The sculpture workshop of Niklaus Weckmann and painting in Ulm around 1500. Württembergisches Landesmuseum, Stuttgart 1993, ISBN 3-929055-25-2 , pp. 185–198 (exhibition catalog, Stuttgart, Württembergisches Landesmuseum, Altes Schloss, May 11th - 1st August 1993).
  • Hans F. Schweers: Paintings in German museums. Catalog of the works exhibited in the Federal Republic of Germany. = Paintings in German Museums. Volume 2: L - Z. Saur, Munich et al. 1982, ISBN 3-598-10310-7 .
  • Hans Koepf : Swabian art history. Volume 3: Gothic sculpture and painting. Thorbecke, Constance 1963.
  • Bruno Bushart : Master of the Pfullendorfer Altar or Bernhard Strigel? In: Journal for Art History. ZfKG. 21, 1958, ISSN  0044-2992 , pp. 230-242.
  • A. Stange: German Gothic painting. Volume 8: Swabia in the period from 1450 to 1500. Deutscher Kunstverlag, Berlin 1957.

Web links

Commons : Master of the Pfullendorfer Altar  - collection of images, videos and audio files
  • Master of the Pfullendorfer Altar, Birth. Christ , illustration and description from Städel, Frankfurt (www.staedelmuseum.de) accessed August 2010