Master of Coëtivy

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The master of Coëtivy is a book illuminator and painter who worked in medieval France between 1455 and 1477 . The artist, who is not known by name, got his emergency name after a book of hours he painted for Olivier de Coëtivy and his wife Marie de Valois, daughter of Charles VII .

In addition to the illumination of manuscripts, the Master of Coëtivy is assigned works for clients from around the French royal court in a wide variety of formats, such as B. Paintings, tapestry designs, and stained glass . More than 30 works from his hand have been preserved, five of which are illustrated editions of the Consolatio philosophiae ( The Consolation of Philosophy ) by Boethius and the panel painting of the awakening of Lazarus. Stylistically, his work may have been influenced by the school or the environment of the master of Dreux Budé .

Works (selection)

The death of Troilus, Achilles and Paris, tapestry after a design by the Master von Coëtivy (attributed), around 1480, from the Trojan War cycle .

The master of Coëtivy will u. a. assigned to the following plants

  • Books of hours z. B. in
  • Secular texts , e.g. B.
    • Ancient history to Caesar. Paris, Bibliothèque nationale
    • Titus Livius. Paris, Ass. Nat.
    • Boethius consolation of philosophy. Paris, Bibliothèque. national; New York, Morgan Library & Museum
    • Dante's Divinia Comoedia. Paris, Bibliothèque. national.
    • Augustine State of God. Mâcon , Bibliothèque municipale
  • Panel paintings , e.g. B.
    • Resurrection of Lazarus. Paris, Louvre
  • Glass window , e.g. B.
    • Christ with Mary and John the Evangelist. Paris, Saint-Severin
  • Tapestries , e.g. B.
    • The Trojan War (design drawings). Paris, Louvre , Département des Arts graphiques
    • Destruction of Jerusalem. Lyon , Musée des Arts décoratifs
    • The Trojan War. London, Victoria and Albert Museum
    • The Trojan War. Zamorra , cathedral

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Vienna, Austrian National Library.
  2. ^ Nicole Reynaud: La Resurrection de Lazare et le Maitre de Coetivy. In: La Revue du Louvre et des Musees de France. Vol. 15, 1965, ISSN  0035-2608 , pp. 171-182.
  3. ↑ Maître de Coëtivy. In: Michel Laclotte, Jean-Pierre Cuzin, Arnaud Pierre (eds.): Dictionnaire de la Peinture (= Grands Dictionnaires Culturels Larousse ). Larousse, Paris 1999, ISBN 2-03-511441-1 (French).
  4. ↑ cf. also Exposition Primitifs Français. Découvertes et re découvertes. Musée du Louvre - Délégation à la communication, 2004 (press dose, French).
  5. ↑ Maître de Coëtivy. In: Michel Laclotte, Jean-Pierre Cuzin, Arnaud Pierre (eds.): Dictionnaire de la Peinture (= Grands Dictionnaires Culturels Larousse ). Nouvelle édition. Larousse, Paris 2003, ISBN 2-03-505390-0 , with some additions.
personal data
SURNAME Master of Coëtivy
BRIEF DESCRIPTION medieval illuminator and painter
DATE OF BIRTH before 1455
DATE OF DEATH after 1477