Master of the Talheim Altarpiece
The artist, unknown by name, is known as the master of the Talheim Altarpiece (or also the Master of the Talheim Altarpiece ), who around 1518 painted pictures on grand piano and predella for an altar in Talheim , a district of Mössingen . It was the wedding present from the parents of Anna von Stetten , who was married to the local Eberhard von Karpfen. The altar has been in the Württemberg State Museum in Stuttgart since 1884 (inv. No. 1956-22). The elegant aura and perfect craftsmanship of this painting make the Talheim reredos a major work of late Gothic art in southwest Germany.
Motifs of the Talheim Altarpiece
The middle part of the Talheimer Altar was probably a shrine sculpture carved by an anonymous master from Ulm, probably a relief of Mary . The images created by the master of the Talheim Altarpiece show the Annunciation to Mary and the Visitation on the outer wings, the birth of Jesus and the adoration of the kings on the inner wings . The predella shows Christ with the twelve apostles.
Aspects of an interpretation
The Annunciation scene of the Talheimer Altar z. B. is characterized by a "particularly clear description of the events". The images of the altar were represented in the imagination of the late Middle Ages. B. through the person looking at his reflection in the water in the image of the birth, "true" image, a reflection of a divine and heavenly event, an idea, the painting style and choice of perspective of the master of the altar skillfully grasp and in artistic perfection and vision this belief of the Represent time before the Reformation .
identification
The pictures on the Talheim Altarpiece were formerly ascribed to the master von Meßkirch , until an independent painting style was recognized. Several Ulm artists may have been involved in the altar, perhaps under the workshop management of the carver Niklaus Weckmann .
Individual evidence
- ^ Anna Moraht-Fromm: Comments on the master of the Talheim reredos . In: Meisterwerke Massenhaft- Published for the exhibition in the Württembergisches Landesmuseum Stuttgart from May 11 to August 1, 1993. Stuttgart 1993, pp. 233–243
- ^ Digital catalog - Landesmuseum
- ^ Landesmuseum Württemberg (ed.): Highlights , www.landesmuseum-stuttgart.de. Online, access Jun 2010 [1]
- ^ S. Lüken: The Annunciation to Maria in the 15th and early 16th centuries: historical and art-historical investigations . Göttingen 2000, p. 219
- ^ U. Pfister: Visio and Veritas. Eye deception as a path of knowledge in northern Alpine painting at the transition from the late Middle Ages to the early modern period . In: F. Büttner, G. Wimböck: The image as authority: the normative power of the image. Münster 2004. pp. / 183ff.
- ^ Anna Moraht-Fromm: Comments on the master of the Talheim reredos . In: Meisterwerke Massenhaft - published for the exhibition in the Württembergisches Landesmuseum Stuttgart from May 11 to August 1, 1993. Stuttgart 1993, pp. 233–243