Master of Guillebert de Mets

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As Master of Guillebert de Mets ( English Master of Guillebert de Mets ) or Master of Guillebert von Metz ( French Maître de Guillebert de Metz ) an illuminator in Flanders in the first half of the 15th century is called. He was active in the heyday of Gothic book illumination in this region and probably had his workshop in Geraardsbergen . The artist, who is not known by name, got his emergency name after his miniatures , which he contributed to the manuscripts of the famous copyist Guillebert de Metz .

Work and attributions

On the one hand, around 1445 , the master of Guillebert de Mets contributed more than 30 pictures to a text of Boccaccio's Decameron translated from Italian into French . To this text, translated by Laurent de Permierfait and copied by Guillebert, a second, also unknown by name, the illuminator Master of Jean Mansel , contributed the other 100 pictures. Furthermore, the master of Guillebert de Mets was named after a second text previously written by Guillebert around 1434. It is a description of the city of Paris. The master contributed to the opening picture.

The master of Guillebert de Mets had either received his training in Paris himself or in a workshop in Flanders that was familiar with the Parisian style . The fine style of the master is also shaped by Italian influences . Typical of the master are his marginal strips with the depiction of leaves and tendrils, which, especially in his early works, for example with ivy, surround the sides he created in bold colors. The figures he painted depict the head areas prominently and clearly work out details of the eye and mouth areas. He also paints the hands of his figures with typical elongated fingers.

In addition to the two eponymous works, several other works can be assigned to the master of Guillebert de Mets through style comparison. This includes contributions to books of hours and also to secular texts. His pictures can be found on individual pages that were created separately from the manuscript and inserted soon after its completion. This indicates that the master did not paint on the instructions of the scribe, but painted on his own.

He was also known as the "Master with the Silver Skies " ( French maître aux ciels d'argent , English Master of the Silver Skies ).

literature

  • Master of Guillebert of Metz; Master with the silver skies . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 37 : Master with emergency names and monogramists . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1950, p. 131 .
  • Morgan Library & Museum (exhibitor): Flemish Illumination in the Era of Catherine of Cleve . MLL, New York 2010 (also catalog of the exhibition of the same name January 22 to May 1, 2010).
  • Scriptorium (ed.): Boccaccio's Decamerone. Edition of Ms. 5070, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris (Bibliothèque de l'Arsenal), Fasikimile edition in the original format of 28.5 × 40 cm. without year.
  • Sotheby’s auction house (ed.): The Beck Collection of Illuminated Manuscripts. London 1997 (English; catalog of the June 1997 auction).
  • Maximiliaan J. Martens: The Master of Guillebert de Mets. An illuminator between Paris and Ghent? In: Bert Cardon, Jan van der Stock (ed.): “As I can”. Liber amicorum in memory of Professor Dr. Maurits Smeyers. Volume 2, Peeters Editions, Paris 2002, ISBN 2-87723-695-1 , pp. 921-939 (English).
  • Gregory T. Clark: The Master of Guillebert de Mets, Philip the Good, and the Breviary of John the Fearless . In: Rob Dückers (Ed.): The Limbourg Brothers. Reflections on the Origins and the Legacy of Three Illuminators from Nijmegen . Briull, Leiden 2009, ISBN 978-90-04-17512-9 , pp. 191-211 (English).
  • Dominique Vanwijnsberghe, Erik Verroken, “A l'Escu de France”. Guillebert de Mets et la peinture de livres à Gand à l'époque de Jan van Eyck (1410-1450) (Scientia artis, 13). Brussels 2017, 2 volumes (French).

Web links

Commons : Masters of Guillebert de Metz  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Friedrich Winkler: Studies on the history of Dutch miniature painting of the XV. and XVI. Century. In: Yearbook of the Art History Collections of the Very Highest Imperial House. Volume 32, Issue 3, 1915, pp. 279–342, here pp. 314–324 (In Chapter II: … the master of Guillebert von Metz. Uni-heidelberg.de ).
  2. ↑ Decamerons . Bibliothèque nationale de France , Paris (Bibliothèque de l'Arsenal), Ms. 5070.
  3. ^ Description de Paris . Bibliothèque Royale , Brussels, Ms. 9559-84.
  4. ^ Master of the Guillebert de Mets zeno.org.
  5. ↑ The Library of Congress: Master of Guillebert de Mets, active 1410-1445. id.loc.gov.
personal data
SURNAME Master of Guillebert of Metz
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Master with the silver skies; Master of Guillebert de Mets
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Illuminator in Flanders
DATE OF BIRTH 14th century or 15th century
DATE OF DEATH 15th century or 16th century