Master of the Wavrin
A medieval illuminator from the second half of the 15th century is referred to as the master of Wavrin ( fr. Maître de Wavrin ') . The artist, who is not known by name, was probably active in France in the region around Lille . It got its emergency name from a few manuscripts that he created on behalf of the Burgundian nobleman Jean de Wavrin . This can be identified by the Wavrin coat of arms on the entrance pages.
The typical pictures of the master of Wavrin are much less colored than those of other contemporary illuminators and are painted in water color. The master usually contributed pictures to works together with a dozen other painters suspected in Lille, especially chivalric novels. Contributions to the following works can be attributed to the master:
- Histoire des Seigneurs de Gavre ; Royal Library of Belgium , Brussels
- Le livre des amours du Châstellain de Coucy et de la Dame de Fayel ; Lille City Library
- Livre du Comte d'Artois ; French National Library , Paris
- Gérard de Nevers (Chivalric Novel) Royal Library of Belgium , Brussels
- Oliviers de Castille (chivalric novel); Central library of Ghent University
- Othovien ( chivalric novel ); Musée Condé , Chantilly
The main commissioner of the Master of Wavrin , Seigneur de Forestel, Jean de Wavrin was close to the English crown and was a veteran of the Battle of Agincourt of 1415. Wavrin wrote the Chronicle Receeuil des chroniques et anciennes istoires de la Grande Bretaigne , a work that tells the story of the English royal family from the legendary beginnings around the Trojan War to the 15th century and which was illuminated in the workshop of the master of Wavrin . It cannot be proven with certainty whether the master himself also contributed miniatures.
Individual evidence
- ^ Royal Library of Belgium, BR 10238
- ↑ French National Library, BN f.fr, 11610
- ^ Royal Library of Belgium, BR 9631
- ^ Ghent University | Central Library of Ghent University, ms 470
literature
- J. Richard: Waverin, Jean de . In: Lexikon des Mittelalters , Vol. 8, Munich 1997
- Jacques Charles Lemair: Le manuscrit Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale de France, ms. fr. 12601 est-il sorti de l'atelier du Maître de Wavrin? In: Brigitte Dekeyzer, Jan Van der Stoc: Manuscripts in transition: recycling manuscripts, texts and images pp. 309–315
- Hans-Rainer Crone: New Studies for the "Maître de Wavrin" . In: Scriptorium 23.1969 (Miscellanea) pp. 320-332
- Fernand Desonay: Nouvelles Notes sur le maître de Wavrin. In: Revue belge d'archéologie et d'histoire de l'art, 2.1932, pp. 309–321
- F. Lyna: Les principaux manuscrits à peintures de la Bibliothèque royale de Belgique, III , Brussels 1989
- Th. Kren, S. McKendrick et al. (Ed.): Illuminating the Renaissance: The Triumph of Flemish Manuscript Painting in Europe . (Exhibition catalog) The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, June - September 2003. Los Angeles 2003
- P. Schandel: Jean de Wavrin, Gérard de Nevers (KBR 9631) . In: B. Bousmanne u. a. (Ed.): La Librairie des ducs de Bourgogne. Turnhout, 2006, pp. 133-138
Web links
- KBR - Cabinet des Manuscrits, ms. 9631 , illustration of a page of a manuscript with a picture of the master of Wavrin
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Master of the Wavrin |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | medieval illuminator |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 15th century |
| DATE OF DEATH | 15th century or 16th century |