Master of Astorga

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Master of Astorga: Michael's Altar, around 1530

The Master of Astorga or Astorga Master ( Spanish Maestro de Astorga ) is an unknown Spanish Gothic painter who was active in the region around León at the beginning of the 16th century . It got its emergency name from an altarpiece that he created for a church in Astorga . The master's style unites main currents of international Gothic with influences from local Spanish art, but also shows the influence of the Italian Renaissance . With his work, the master shows the beginning of the Renaissance in the art of the Kingdom of León . His style is comparable to that of his contemporary, also known only by the emergency name, the Master of Budapest .

Works (selection)

  • Michael's Altar (Retablo de san Miguel de la catedral de Astorga), ca.1530
  • Birth of Jesus with Saints (Natividad con Sto. Domingo y S. Loren), approx. 1510–15, Madrid, Museo Lázaro Galdiano Inv. No. 3014
  • Scenes from the life and death of the apostle James (Traslación del cuerpo and Desembarco del Cuerpo). Madrid, Museo Lázaro Galdiano, inv. No. 2725 and 2739
  • Crucifixion (Crucifixión). Madrid, Museo Nacional del Prado, P3205,
  • Resurrection (La Resurrección). Madrid, Museo Nacional del Prado, P4063
  • St. Francis receives the stigmata (San Francisco recibiendo los estigmas). Madrid, Museo Nacional del Prado, inv. No. P4068

Web links

Museo Lázaro Galdiano

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ cf. see Chandler Rathfon Post: A history of Spanish Painting. Volume 9: The Beginning of the Renaissance in Castile and Leon. 2 volumes (Textbd. Tafelbd.). Harvard University Press, Cambridge MA 1947 (Reprinted. Kraus, New York NY 1970).
personal data
SURNAME Master of Astorga
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Maestro de Astorga; Astorga master
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Spanish painter
DATE OF BIRTH 15th century
DATE OF DEATH 16th Century