Master of the Polyptych of the Capella Medici

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High altar, Florence, Santa Croce. Four works by the master of the polyptych of the Capella Medici are integrated into the tops of the altar

As a master of the polyptych of Capella Medici or master of the Capella Medici one is Northern Italian painter called, of between about 1315 and 1335 in Florence worked. The artist, who is not known by name, got his emergency name after his pictures in the Capella Medici of the Santa Croce church in Florence . In the high altar, which was composed of medieval parts in the 19th century, his preserved images of half-length figures of saints and a Madonna are integrated into the eyelashes , the tips of the high altar.

A painted crucifix in the State Gallery in Stuttgart and several other small-format panel paintings in museums in Italy and the United States are attributed to the master of the polyptych of the Capella Medici .

In art history the thesis was put forward that the master of the polyptych of the Capella Medici should be equated with the master of the Dominican portraits . However, this controversial opinion could not prevail.

The master of the polyptych of the Capella Medici follows the style of an altarpiece by the master of St. Cecilia in the church of Santa Cecilia , which was made in Florence . Possibly a pupil of Pacino di Bonaguida, who is one of the earliest painters to include Giotto's spatial conception in their miniatures, a knowledge of Giotto's painting style can also be found in the works of the master of the polyptych of the Capella Medici . However, the master is still committed to an older , small-format painting style developed from Byzantine icon and Italian miniature painting.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Stuttgart, State Gallery Inv.Nr. 2635
  2. ↑ Flavio Boggi: Master of the Dominican Effigies. In: Christopher Kleinhenz (Ed.): Medieval Italy. To Encyclopedia. Volume 2: L to Z, Index (= The Routledge Encyclopedias of the Middle Ages. Vol. 9). Routledge, New York NY et al. 2003, ISBN 0-415-93931-3 (English).
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SURNAME Master of the Polyptych of the Capella Medici
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Master of the Capella Medici
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian painter
DATE OF BIRTH before 1315
DATE OF DEATH after 1335