Master of Rieden

The Master von Rieden (also Master of the Rieden Retable ) was a late Gothic carver who ran a workshop in the southern Netherlands in Brussels or Leuven around the middle of the 15th century . The master and his workshop produced carved altars for export.

He got his emergency name after the Marienretabel from the Marienkirche in Rieden .

Works

• Marienretabel from Rieden, Stuttgart, Württembergisches Landesmuseum Inv. 6651
• The Marriage of Mary, fragment of an altar, Brussels, Royal Museums of Fine Arts inv. 2455
• Marian retable, Funchal , Museum "Quinta das Cruzes"
• Mary with Child, Lions, Stedelijk Museum Inv. C / 77

literature

• Mina Voegelen: The group altars in Schwäbisch Hall and their relationship to Dutch art. In: Münchner Jahrbuch der Bildenden Kunst 13, 1923, pp. 121–160.
• Ignace Vandevivere: Un retable sculpté bruexellois du second tiers du XVe siècle au Musée de la “Quinta das Cruzes” de Funchal. In: Revue des archéologues et historiens d'art de Louvain 5, 1972, pp. 67–80.
• Hans MJ Nieuwdorp: 'Het huwelijk van de H. Maagd': een Brussels retabelfragment uit het midden van de XVe eeuw. In: Bulletin des Musées Royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique 20, 1971 (1974), pp. 7-24.
• Robert Didier: Sculptures et retables des anciens Pays-Bas méridionaux des années 1430-1460. Traditions et innovations pour le Haute-Rhin et l'Allemagne du Sud. In: Christian Heck (ed.): Le retable d'Issenheim et la sculpture au nord des Alpes à la fin du moyen âge. Actes du colloque de Colmar (November 2-3, 1987). Colmar 1989, pp. 49-79.
• Evelyn Bertram-Neunzig: The grand piano retable on the high altar of St. Reinoldi Church in Dortmund. Investigations into its shape, iconography and origin. Dissertation, University of Cologne 2004 ( full text ).

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Entry on the museum's website .
2. ↑ Entry on the museum's website ( Memento of the original from December 12, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . 
3. ^ John W. Steyaert: Late Gothic Sculpture. The Burgundian Netherlands. Ghent, Ludion Press 1994, ISBN 0-8109-3577-5 , pp. 132-133 No. 17.