Master of Sardoal
As a master of Sardoal ( port. Mestre do Sardoal) is a painter of the Portuguese late Gothic called. The unnamed artist received his provisional names according to his creation in 1510 of seven panel paintings , St. in the church of the parish of St. James and Matthew (Igreja de São Tiago e São Mateus) in Sardoal in the center of Portugal can be found .
style
The master of Sardoal can be described as a representative of Manueline painting, a special form of late Gothic in a period of prosperity in Portugal under the reign of King Manuel I from 1495 to 1521. The style of the master shows the end of the Middle Ages and the Beginning of the Renaissance , as the master, like other painters in Europe, still shows traditional motifs and iconography, but details and background are now observed more closely and presented in a new sense of realism. The master of Sardoal shows the influence of the old Dutch painting and its new representation of carefully observed nature. Their influence can also be found among the Flemish painters of the 15th and 16th centuries, who were sometimes grouped as the Luso-Flemish School of Painting in Portugal , such as the Hieronymite monk Frei Carlos or the Portuguese painters who were inspired by the aesthetic and technical innovations of Flemish painting of their time like Francisco Henriques or the Master of Lourinhã and their successors.
Works (selection)
- Seven panel paintings . (Oil on oak: John the Evangelist, Annunciation, Christ Blessing (Cristo abençoando) with crown of thorns, St. Peter and St. Paul), Sardoal (Igreja de São Tiago e de São Mateus)
More than twenty pictures are attributed to the master or at least to his workshop , including:
- Adoration of the Magi . Lisbon (Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga, Museu das Janelas Verdes)
- Saints Benedict and Ambrose . Runa (CAR Centro de Apoio Social)
- Saint Vincent . Beja (Museu Regional)
- Annunciation (altarpiece from the monastery of Santa Maria de Celas). Coimbra (Museu Nacional Machado de Castro)
- Two saints . Évora (Museu de Évora)
Some of these pictures are carried under the name of the painter Vincente Gil, with whom the master of Sardoal is said to be identical.
identification
Among the images attributed to the Master of Sardoal there is also an altarpiece (Retábulo de Montemor-o-Velho) and an image of a saint marked with the initials MN. It has therefore been suggested that the artist may be identical to the verifiable painter Miguel Nunes. Identity with the painter Vicente Gil (active between 1498 and 1518) or his son Manuel Vicente is also discussed in professional circles based on other assumptions.
literature
- Le Maître de Sardoal . In: Boletim do Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga Volume I / 1, (Lisbon) 1946, pp. 2-14
- F. de Pamplona: Dicionário de pintores e escultores portugueses ou que trabalharam em Portugal . Livraria Civilizac, Porto 1987.
- AP Correia: Un polyptyque anonyme portugais du XVIe siècle attribué aux Maîtres du Sardoal . In: Revue des archéologues et historiens d'art de Louvain. Volume 17, 1984, pp. 306-308
- Father Ferreira: História da Arte Portuguesa - Do Gótico ao Manuelino . Círculo de Leitores, Lisbon 1995.
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Master of Sardoal |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Mestre do Sardoal (Portuguese) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | late Gothic painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 15th century |
| DATE OF DEATH | 16th Century |