Master with the ornamented background

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The master with the ornamented background is a cabinet maker and inlay artist who worked in the area around Eger in the later half of the 17th century . A number of relief inlay furniture is assigned to it. These are all decorated with inlays that depict scenes with riders or several times the parable of the prodigal son with different colored fruitwoods, ivory and ebony carved in relief, and which have an ornamented background as a typical stylistic feature, for example acanthus tendrils . Works by the master can be found in private ownership and also in museums such as the Museum of Arts and Crafts in Frankfurt and the Museum of Decorative Arts in Berlin .

literature

  • Jochen Voigt: For the art chambers of Europe - relief inlays from Eger (catalog book for the exhibition of the same name in the Museum of Arts and Crafts / Grassi Museum). Leipzig, Halle 1999
  • Jochen Voigt: The "master with the ornamented background" . In: Restauro - Journal for Art Techniques, Restoration and Museum Issues, No. 5, Munich 1992
  • Nora Koldehoff, Stefan Koldehoff: Who did van Gogh give his ear to? Everything you don't know about art . Frankfurt Am Main 2007, p. 16
personal data
SURNAME Master with the ornamented background
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Marquetry artist
DATE OF BIRTH 17th century
DATE OF DEATH 17th century