Master of raiders

Meister von Raigern: Christ Carrying the Cross (Passion Altar, Altar von Raigern (Rajhrad), around 1415-1420)

With master of Raigern or master of the altar of Raigern or master of Raigerner altar ( Czech : Mistr rajhradského Oltare) is a painter of the Czech Gothic designated.

The artist, who is not known by name, gets his emergency name from the panel paintings he created, which became known in art history as the Altar of Raigern (Rajhrad) . The pictures are said to have been taken around 1420 or 1430. For a long time they were seen as a “chronological fixed point” for the dating of other works of Bohemian painting of the 15th century, but their exact dates have been taken up again in more recent times.

The style of Master von Raigern shows the mutual cultural exchange between the Bohemian and Viennese regions, but also the emergence of a typical Bohemian painting school , a style that can also be found in Master von Wittingau .

Works (selection)

The surviving panel paintings from the Raigern altarpiece with scenes from the Passion of Christ and the legend of the crucifix can be found in the following two collections in the Czech Republic :

Moravské zemské muzeum ( Moravian State Museum ), Brno (5 images)
Národní galerie ( National Gallery ), Prague (1 picture).

In their possession are also panel paintings of a Jakobus altar attributed to the master von Reigern or his workshop.

Web links

Commons : Meister von Raigern - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

↑ J. Fajt (Ed.): Charles IV. Emperor by God's grace, art and representation of the House of Luxembourg 1310-1437 . Catalog for the exhibition at Prague Castle 2006. Deutscher Kunstverlag 2006, pp. 618–624
^ G. Wolny: Church topography of Moravia II / 1 . Brno 1856, p. 412
↑ M. Bartlová: A contribution to the characteristics of the Master of the Rajhrad altarpiece as an art personality . In: Bulletin Národní galerie v Praze, Vol, 11/1 (2002), pp. 6–19 (English)
↑ M. Bartlová: A new dating of the so-called Raigerner Altar and the consequences for the chronology of Bohemian panel painting of the 15th century ( Memento of the original from April 2, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 377 kB), Zeitschrift für Kunstgeschichte, Munich: Deutscher Kunstverlag, 65, 145–179 (2002), accessed on January 8, 2010 @1@ 2

↑ L. Baldass: A South Bohemian painter's workshop around 1420 . Zeitschrift für Kunstgeschichte, 4 vol., H. 5/6 Munich, Berlin, Deutscher Kunstverlag pp. 301–319 (1935)

personal data
SURNAME	Master of raiders
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Master of Rajhrad; Master of the Altar of Raigern
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Medieval painter
DATE OF BIRTH	before 1420
DATE OF DEATH	15th century

[1] J. Fajt (Ed.): Charles IV. Emperor by God's grace, art and representation of the House of Luxembourg 1310-1437 . Catalog for the exhibition at Prague Castle 2006. Deutscher Kunstverlag 2006, pp. 618–624

[2] G. Wolny: Church topography of Moravia II / 1 . Brno 1856, p. 412

[3] M. Bartlová: A contribution to the characteristics of the Master of the Rajhrad altarpiece as an art personality . In: Bulletin Národní galerie v Praze, Vol, 11/1 (2002), pp. 6–19 (English)

[4] M. Bartlová: A new dating of the so-called Raigerner Altar and the consequences for the chronology of Bohemian panel painting of the 15th century ( Memento of the original from April 2, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 377 kB), Zeitschrift für Kunstgeschichte, Munich: Deutscher Kunstverlag, 65, 145–179 (2002), accessed on January 8, 2010 @1@ 2

[5] L. Baldass: A South Bohemian painter's workshop around 1420 . Zeitschrift für Kunstgeschichte, 4 vol., H. 5/6 Munich, Berlin, Deutscher Kunstverlag pp. 301–319 (1935)