Master of Anthony of Burgundy

Master of Anthony of Burgundy
The Master's depiction from the 1470s of the Bal des Ardents, from BnF Fr 2646, shows his qualities well. Despite fading, it is "a veritable tour de force in the handling of space, forms, light and emotion"[1]

The Master of Anthony of Burgundy was a Flemish miniature painter active in Bruges between about 1460 and 1490,[2] apparently running a large workshop, and producing some of the most sophisticated work of the final flowering of Flemish illumination.[3] He was first identified by Winkler in 1921; his name is derived from one of his most elevated patrons, Anthony of Burgundy, Philip the Good's illegitimate son, though he also worked for the Dukes and other bibliophiles in Burgundian court circles, who had already been allocated "Masters" by art historians. His contributions to the heavily illustrated Froissart of Louis of Gruuthuse (BnF Fr 2643-6) from the early 1470s, on which several of the leading illuminators of the day worked, show him excelling some more famous names, like Loiset Lyédet. The young Master of the Dresden Prayer Book worked as his assistant on this book, suggesting he was an apprentice; a number of other anonymous masters have been postulated as his pupils.[4] Other works are in the libraries of Paris, Wrocław, Philadelphia, Munich, Cambridge University Library and elsewhere.

He sometimes painted using gold and silver on a black background, as in the Vienna Black Hours (or Sforza Hours and other titles) now in Vienna. It is through the somewhat controversial attribution of that book to him, and its further identification with a book presented to Charles the Bold and known to have been illustrated by Philippe de Mazerolles, the Frenchman appointed as Burgundian court illuminator, that he has been proposed as identical to de Mazerolles, who is documented between 1454-1479.[5]

The Master, or his circle, have also been associated with the first engravings produced for book illustration, in an edition of Boccaccio printed in Bruges by Colard Mansion in about 1476.[6]

Notes

  1. ^ Kren & McKendrick, 271. Zoomable image from the Getty Museum
  2. ^ Getty Union Artist Name List
  3. ^ Kren & McKendrick, 264-74, the main source for this article.
  4. ^ In particular the "Master of the London Wavrin" so named in Kren & McKendrick, 276 ff. & passim.
  5. ^ Kren & McKendrick, 264-6, see also external link below.
  6. ^ Kren & McKendrick, 271-4. See Colard Mansion for more details on the edition.

References

  • S McKendrick in, T Kren & S McKendrick (eds), Illuminating the Renaissance - The Triumph of Flemish Manuscript Painting in Europe, Getty Museum/Royal Academy of Arts, 2003, ISBN 19033973287

External links

  • BnF The Master painted most of the miniatures in BnF 2645 and 2646 shown here, though unfortunately the individual folios are not attributed to artists on the website.
  • The Vienna Black Hours

Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Поможем решить контрольную работу

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Burgundy — • In medieval times respectively a kingdom and a duchy, later a province of France Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Burgundy     Burgundy      …   Catholic encyclopedia

  • Antoine, bastard of Burgundy — Antoine (1421 ndash; 1504), known to his contemporaries as the bastard of Burgundy or the Grand Bastard le grand bâtard was the natural son (and first child) of Philip III, Duke of Burgundy and one of his mistresses, Jeanne de Presle. Born in… …   Wikipedia

  • Old master print — The Three Crosses, etching by Rembrandt, 1653, State III of IV An old master print is a work of art produced by a printing process within the Western tradition (European or New World). A date of about 1830 is usually taken as marking the end of… …   Wikipedia

  • Froissart of Louis of Gruuthuse (BnF Fr 2643-6) — The Froissart of Louis of Gruuthuse (BnF Fr 2643 6) is a heavily illustrated deluxe illuminated manuscript in four volumes, containing a French text of Froissart s Chronicles.The text of Froissart s Chronicles is preserved in more than 100… …   Wikipedia

  • Lewis de Bruges — Lewis de Bruges, lord of Gruuthuse (c. 1422 (some authors mention 1427) ndash; Bruges 24 November 1492), also called Loys, Louis de/of Gruuthuse or Lodewijk van Gruuthuuse, was a Flemish, courtier, bibliophile, soldier and nobleman. He was… …   Wikipedia

  • Colard Mansion — Page from the introduction of the Ovide Moralisé, with woodcut and added illumination. Colard Mansion (or Colart, before 1440 – after May 1484) was a 15th century Flemish scribe and printer who worked together with William Caxton. He is known as… …   Wikipedia

  • Valet de chambre — Valet de chambre, or varlet de chambre, was a court appointment introduced in the late Middle Ages, common from the 14th century onwards. Royal Households had many persons appointed at any time. While some valets simply waited on the patron, or… …   Wikipedia

  • Europe, history of — Introduction       history of European peoples and cultures from prehistoric times to the present. Europe is a more ambiguous term than most geographic expressions. Its etymology is doubtful, as is the physical extent of the area it designates.… …   Universalium

  • United Kingdom — a kingdom in NW Europe, consisting of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: formerly comprising Great Britain and Ireland 1801 1922. 58,610,182; 94,242 sq. mi. (244,100 sq. km). Cap.: London. Abbr.: U.K. Official name, United Kingdom of Great… …   Universalium

  • Western architecture — Introduction       history of Western architecture from prehistoric Mediterranean cultures to the present.       The history of Western architecture is marked by a series of new solutions to structural problems. During the period from the… …   Universalium

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
… Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”