Master of St. Laurence
Saint Louis of Toulouse , Wallraf-Richartz-Museum , Cologne.
As Master of St. Lawrence one is Gothic painter called that in the period from 1415 to 1430 in Cologne worked.
A fragment of the altar of the former church of St. Laurence was assigned to him; he also made a picture of Mary in the Garden of Paradise , which he took up as a popular motif of his time.
Naming
The artist, who is not known by name, was given his emergency name after the work he painted, which comes from an altar in the St. Laurenz parish church in Cologne.
style
The master of St. Laurenz worked in Cologne shortly before Stefan Lochner , in the "heyday" of the so-called Cologne School of Painting . His elegant style of design and the typical colors with their yellow and pink mixtures seem to be a characteristic of his work.
Works (selection)
- Altar (fragment), Wallraf-Richartz-Museum, Cologne, WRM 737
- Saint Ludwig of Toulouse, Wallraf-Richartz-Museum, Cologne, WRM Dep. 827
- Maria in the paradise garden
- Mary with the child surrounded by angels playing music, Dommuseum, Frankfurt
- Christ on the Mount of Olives
- Carrying the Cross
- Angel of the Annunciation (circle of the Master of St. Laurenz), painting collection Kunsthaus Heylshof , Worms
literature
- Eduard Firmenich-Richartz : The Master of St. Laurenz . In: Journal for Christian Art 23, 1910, pp. 324–332.
Web links
- Meister von Sankt Laurenz , short biography at Deutsche Fotothek, accessed February 2010
- T. Nagel: The agony of choice , Master of Saint Veronica or Master of St. Laurenz, picture of the week, week 39 2002 , museums of the city of Cologne
Individual evidence
- ↑ M.-T. by Zerboni di Sposetti: Il gardino Secreto . In: S. Lamnek, M.-T. Tinnefeld: privacy, garden and political culture: of communicative spaces . VS Verlag 2003, p. 219
- ↑ 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, p. 486f.
- ↑ z. B. Eduard Firmenich-Richartz: The master of St. Laurenz . In: Journal for Christian Art , 23 (1910), pp. 324–332.
- ↑ kirchliche-museen.org: Dommuseum Frankfurt with picture (short) description Meister von St. Laurenz : Maria with the child surrounded by music-making angels , Dommuseum Frankfurt, accessed online February 2010
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Master of St. Laurence |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Master of Sankt Laurenz |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 14th Century |
| DATE OF DEATH | after 1430 |