Master of the Schöppinger Altar

Detail: Resurrection in Schöppingen

Meister des Schöppinger Altar (also: Meister von Schöppingen ) is the emergency name of a painter who was probably working in Münster between 1450 and 1475 .

The unknown artist was named after his important late work, the winged altar in the church of St. Brictius in Schöppingen . This altar shows a crucifixion scene on the middle panel , the birth of Christ, the Annunciation and themes of the Passion on the wings. The master of the Schöppinger altar shows influences from Rogier van der Weyden as well as from the master von Flémalle .

In Münster he was likely to have worked with the painter Johann Koerbecke .

Works

Schöppinger Altar (around 1470)

The following are assigned to the master of the Schöppingen Altar:

Winged altar from Haldern ; discovered in 1893 during the demolition of a church there and today in the possession of the Westphalian State Museum in Münster
Winged altar from the Wiesenkirche in Soest (around 1460); was in the collection of the Deutsches Museum in Berlin until 1931

Saint Nicholas and the Latin Fathers of the Church , from the Augustinian Church of Marienthal-Niesing in Münster, today owned by the Westphalian State Museum in Münster Inv.No. 31

Gregor's Mass

literature

Theodor Rensing : The master of Schöppingen ( Westphalian art ). Munich / Berlin 1959.
Master of the Schöppinger Altar . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 37 : Master with emergency names and monogramists . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1950, p. 304-305 .

supporting documents

↑ The relationship between the two is disputed, also in terms of age. Probably wrong to assume the identity with Johann von Soest . Evidence in detail from Thieme-Becker .
↑ Schledenhorst, Haldern. In: 24 women's monasteries under the supervision of the Kamp monastery , at kamps-toechter.de
↑ Loss of war
^ Alfred Stange: A Gregor mass from the master of the Schöppinger altar. In: The Minster. 7, No. 1/2, 1954, pp. 12-23.

Web links

Commons : Meister von Schöppingen - collection of images, videos and audio files

Schöppinger Altar

personal data
SURNAME	Master of the Schöppinger Altar
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Master of Schöppingen
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	painter
DATE OF BIRTH	15th century
DATE OF DEATH	15th century

[1] The relationship between the two is disputed, also in terms of age. Probably wrong to assume the identity with Johann von Soest . Evidence in detail from Thieme-Becker .

[2] Schledenhorst, Haldern. In: 24 women's monasteries under the supervision of the Kamp monastery , at kamps-toechter.de

[3] Loss of war

[4] Alfred Stange: A Gregor mass from the master of the Schöppinger altar. In: The Minster. 7, No. 1/2, 1954, pp. 12-23.