Master of Frauenroth

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High grave of Count Otto and Countess Beatrix in Frauenroth, middle of the 13th century

The gothic sculptor who created the high grave of the founder of the monastery in the church of the Cistercian convent in Lower Franconia in the middle of the 13th century was described as the master of Frauenroth in art history .

The high grave behind the high altar in Frauenroth shows the reclining figures of Count Otto von Botenlauben, who died before 1245, and his wife Beatrix on the cover plates . Around the emergency name of a master von Frauenroth , an attempt was made to define the personality of the artist who was not known by name and who demonstrated high craftsmanship and outstanding artistic quality. The “courtly noble” grave monument indicates familiarity with new stylistic elements of the sculpture of his time coming from regions of France , as they can also be found in other early Gothic sculptors such as the Naumburg master or the stonemasons of the Strasbourg cathedral . It was therefore assumed that the master von Frauenroth came to Frauenroth in the wake of Mrs. Otto, who came from a French noble family.

Attempts were also made to establish a connection between the master von Frauenroth and the stone figure of a “ smiling Madonna ” from the 13th century. It was speculated that the figure found in a field near Frauenroth and displayed today in the Lauter church was probably abducted from Frauenroth after the monastery was sacked. The figure can be assigned to the Burgundian sculptural style of the 13th century and was described as another work of the master.

In terms of art history, however, it cannot be further clarified who created the richly decorated sculptures in Frauenroth and Lauter. In recent times, both are usually only referred to as having been created by an unknown hand. The emergency name of a master von Frauenroth is hardly quoted anymore.

literature

  • Karl Zürcher: The master von Frauenroth and his position in art history . In: New contributions to the history of German antiquity 26 (1914) pp. 73–79
  • Georg Dehio: Handbook of German Art Monuments, Bd.1 Central Germany . Berlin 1914, p. 122
  • W. Dettelbacher et al. a. (Ed.): DuMont Art Travel Guide Franconia. Ostfildern 2010