Master of Memphis
A painter of the Italian Renaissance is referred to as the Master of Memphis ( English Master of Memphis ) . He is said to have been a pupil, perhaps even an assistant, of Filippino Lippi and worked in Florence around 1500 or around 1510. The artist, who is not known by name, got his emergency name after the tondo picture he created and other works that are kept in the Brooks Museum of Art in the city of Memphis in the United States. After these pictures had previously been ascribed to different painters, including Lippi himself, the opinion that the Master of Memphis is probably an artist in his own right has largely prevailed in art history . Various attempts at identification have been made, including equating the master with e.g. B. by Giorgio Vasari named employees of Lippi such as Cartoni or the equation with Bernardo di Leonardo.
literature
- P. Zambrano, JK Nelson: Filippino Lippi . Milan 2004
- JK Nelson: The Later Works of Filippino Lippi from his Roman Sojourn until his Death (approx. 1489–1504) , (Diss. Institute of Fine Arts, New York). New York, 1992
Web links
- “Master of Memphis” “The Holy Family, John the Baptist as a child and two shepherds”. Private ownership, after auction house Christie's sale 2135 Important Old Master Paintings and Sculpture, January 2009, New York, lot 10
- "Master of Memphis" "Adoration of the Shepherds". Avignon, Musée du Petit Palais Inv 20262
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Master of Memphis |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Master of Memphis |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Florentine artist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 15th century |
| DATE OF DEATH | 16th Century |