Master of San Martino a Mensola

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As Master of San Martino a Mensola ( it. Maestro di San Martino a Mensola) or sometimes masters of the high altar of S. Martino a Mensola one is Italian painter called, in the 15th century in the area around Florence worked. The artist, whose name is not certain, got his emergency name after his high altar painting in the church of San Martino above Ponte a Mensola, a place near Settignano , northeast of Florence. The work from around 1391 shows a Madonna and Child .

A few other panel paintings can possibly be assigned to the master of San Martino a Mensola , but his catalog of works cannot necessarily be precisely determined. As was common in the Middle Ages, he did not sign his pictures, but some works can be grouped together and assigned to the master or his circle by comparing styles, for example of fabric samples of the figures' clothing. Some of the master's works are privately owned, such as three paintings of the Madonna with saints.

There may be a relationship between the master of San Martino a Mensola and the Florentine painter Giovanni Bonsi , who was active around 1350. It can be assumed that the master learned his craft in his workshop. However, it should also show Spanish influences.

It is proposed to identify the master of San Martino a Mensola with the painter Francesco di Michele . In the possession of the Galleria dell Academia in Florence there is a picture of a saint, which is attributed to Michele and whose picture descriptions equate him with the master of San Martino a Mensola .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ s. B. Klesse: Silk fabrics in Italian painting of the 14th century . Bern 1967
  2. ^ Auction house Couturier & de Nicolay, Paris, auction December 15, 1992, lot 41
  3. ^ Sotheby's auction house, London, auction March 21, 2007, lot 7
  4. ↑ Dorotheum Auction House, Vienna, Old Masters Auction, October 6, 2009, Lot 9
  5. ↑ ES Skaug: Did Francesco di Michele, alias the Master of San Martino a Mensola, start out in Giovanni Bonsi's workshop? . In: Arte cristiana, 97/855 (2009) pp. 403–408 (English)
  6. ↑ L. Bellosi: Francesco di Michele, il Maestro di San Martino a Mensola . In: Paragone Arte 36 (1985), 419/423, pp. 57-63
  7. ↑ L. Bellosi: Come un prato fiorito: studi sull'arte tardogotica . Milan 2000 (Italian)
  8. ↑ so at Galleria dell Academia, Sala del tardo Trecento III ( online exhibition  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. ). In: Polo Museale Fiorentiono, Florence Museums website, accessed January 2011@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.polomuseale.firenze.it  

literature

  • B. Klesse: The master of the high altar by S. Martino a Mensola . In: Mitteilungen des Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz , Vol. 8 (1957/59) pp. 247-252
  • R. Fremantle: Some additions to a late Trecento Florentine: the Master of San Martino a Mensola . In: Antichità viva 12/1 (1973) pp. 3–13 (English)
  • R. Fremantle: Florentine Gothic Painters from Giotto to Masaccio . London 1975 (English)
  • G. Raspini: San Martino a Mensola. La Chiesa, il museo, il monastero . Florence 1977 (Italian)
  • L. Bellosi: Francesco di Michele, il Maestro di San Martino a Mensola . In: Paragone , 419-421-423, 1985 (Italian)