Master of the Zweder van Culemborg

Miniature and initially in a book of hours from the workshop of the master of Zweder van Culemborg - KB 79 K 2

Initial from the Hoya-Misale, a work from the 15th century from the workshop of the Master of Zweder van Culemborg (image on a German postage stamp from 2009)

The master of Zweder van Culemborg was an illuminator who worked in Utrecht during the Middle Ages between around 1420 and around 1440 . The unknown master got his emergency name after the coat of arms of a bishop, which he placed next to him on a miniature of a crucifixion scene; this donor's coat of arms is intended to identify this cleric as Zweder van Culemborg , a bishop from the Dutch city ​​of Culemborg . He had probably commissioned a missal from the master , in which the picture and 12 other (of a total of 16) pictures from the hand of the master are included. In older literature the painter is also known as Master Pancracius .

Works (selection)

• Missale, Brixen (Bressanone), library of the Episcopal Seminary of the Diocese of Bolzano (call number MS. C.20 (N.62))

In addition to the missal of Zweder van Culemborg, illuminations in other manuscripts are assigned to the master , e.g. B.

• Getijdenboek (Book of Hours), Utrecht, Universiteitsbibliotheek MS. 1037 (2.E.19)
• Getijdenboek van de Meester van Zweder van Culemborg (Book of Hours), The Hague, Koninklijke Bibliotheek Call number 79 K 2
• Utrecht bible of the Master of Zweder van Culemborg (Bible), Cambridge, The Fitzwilliam Museum, Museum Accession Number: MS 289

The school of the master of the Zweder van Culemborg , that is to say his workshop or his successors, is z. B. added to:

• Hoya missal, from the possession of Johann von Hoya, Prince-Bishop of Osnabrück and Münster, around 1420/30, University and State Library Münster

Individual evidence

1. ^ "Christmas" series. Church treasures - initials from the Hoya Misale ( memento from January 1, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) on bundesfinanzministerium.de, in the Internet Archive on archive.org, as of January 1, 2009
2. ↑ Master of Zweder van Culemborg . In: The Grove Dictionary of Art. Macmillan 2000 (English)
3. ↑ Utrecht bible, Master of Zweder van Culemborg, Cambridge, The Fitzwilliam Museum Museum Accession Number: MS 289 ( Memento from June 28, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) on fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk, in the Internet Archive on archive.org, booth : June 28, 2008, viewed May 1, 2011 (English)
4. ^ Bertram Haller (ed.): A gothic splendor missal from Utrecht. Illustrations from the "Hoya Missal" of the University and State Library of Münster . Münster / Aschendorff 1996

literature

• Eduard Scheiber: Dutch book illumination. The miniatures of the Culenborch Missal in Brixen . Bolzano 1992

Web links

• Article in The Grove Dictionary of Art , online Master of Zweder van Culemborg ( Memento from December 2, 2008 on the Internet Archive ) on artnet.com, on the Internet Archive on archive.org, as of December 2, 2008, as of May 1, 2011 (English)

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