Master of Saint Gilles

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Master of Saint Gilles: Life of a Holy Bishop , around 1500, on the right the Hôtel-Dieu de Paris

As a Master of Saint Giles ( Fri Maître de Saint-Gilles , English. Master of Saint Giles ) or Master of Saint Giles is from the art history painters of the late Middle Ages called. The unnamed artist received his provisional names after the two by him in 1500 created panel paintings depicting scenes from the life of Sant'Egidio represent (fr. Saint Gilles, Eng. St. Giles).

style

The style and working method of the Master of Saint Gilles clearly point to an education in the Netherlands. In particular, his use of light and shadow effects as well as the detailed background are seen as examples of the adoption of a new Dutch style, such as that of B. is represented by Rogier van der Weyden . However, it is not clear whether the artist comes from France or the Netherlands .

Works (selection)

The work of the Master of Saint Giles are panel paintings attributed to an altar, whose origins can be dated on the basis of fashion clothes of figures presented in 1500:

  • The Mass of St. Gilles . National Gallery , London NG4681
  • St. Gilles and the hind . (The miracle of Saint Gilles). National Gallery, London NG1419

Two other pictures are assigned to these two, which the Master of Saint Gilles is said to have created together with one of his assistants for the same altar:

  • Scenes from the Life of a Bishop Saint. National Gallery of Art (Kress Collection), Washington, DC
  • The baptism of Clodwig (Baptism of Clovis). Washington, National Gallery of Art (Kress Collection), Washington, DC

Other works attributed to the master are z. B.

  • Madonna and Child . Louvre , Paris

Representation of medieval Paris

Master of Saint Gilles: City View (Detail of a Picture)

The four pictures of the altar of the master of Saint Gilles use well-known churches and buildings of medieval Paris as background painting , such as B. a portal of the Notre Dame church in Paris or the silhouette of the royal palace there. By choosing them, the artist wants to use skilful iconography to reinforce the religious meaning of the scenes of the life of the saint and to further bring the depiction of the bishop, who died around 720 in the Abbey of Saint-Gilles, into a medieval context that was familiar and understood by the master and his contemporaries . The master even brought the baptism of Clovis I , historically documented in Reims , to Paris. The level of detail in the background of the pictures leads to the assumption that he painted the pictures himself in Paris.

Four altarpieces

  • Master of Saint Gilles: The miracle of Saint Gilles , facing Pontoise

  • Master of Saint Gilles: The Mass of St. Gilles , in the Abbey of Saint-Denis

  • Master of Saint Gilles: Life of a Holy Bishop , Portal of Notre-Dame in Paris

  • Master of Saint Gilles: Baptism of Clodwig in the Sainte-Chapelle, Paris (sic!)

Distinction

In the history of art, the medieval sculptor Peter Brunus is sometimes referred to as the Master of Saint Gilles because he created figures in the town of Saint Gilles in France.

literature

  • Max J. Friedländer : Le Maître de Saint-Gilles. In: Gazette des Beaux-Arts . Volume 6, No. 17, 1937, pp. 221-223
  • JO Hand, M. Wolff: Early Netherlandish Painting , (Catalog of the National Gallery of Art, Washington) Princeton 1986, pp. 162–176
  • The National Gallery: Complete Illustrated Catalog. London 1995

Web links

Commons : Masters of Saint Gilles  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ MJ Friedländer: The Master of St. Aegidius . In: Yearbook of the Prussian Art Collections. 1912/12, p. 187
  2. ^ MJ Friedländer: Le Maître de Saint-Gilles . In: Gazette des Beaux-Arts. Volume 6, No. 17, 1937, pp. 221-223
  3. ^ JO Hand, M. Wolff: Early Netherlandish Painting (Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalog), Princeton 1986, p. 166
  4. ↑ cf. on this WM Hinkle: The Iconography of the Four Panels by the Master of Saint Giles . In: Journal of the Warburg and Courtauld Institutes. Volume 28, 1965, pp. 110-144
  5. ↑ previously also in J. Held: Two views of Paris from the master of St. Giles . In: Yearbook of the Prussian Art Collections. 53rd Volume, 1932, pp. 3-15
personal data
SURNAME Master of Saint Gilles
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Maître de Saint-Gilles (French); Master of Saint Giles (English); Master of St. Aegidius
BRIEF DESCRIPTION late medieval painter
DATE OF BIRTH 15th century
DATE OF DEATH 16th Century