Aert van den Bossche
Aert van den Bossche or the Master of the Crispinus and Crispinianus-Legend (also known as Aert Panhedel, Aert van Panhedel, Arnoul de Panhedel, Arnoul Vanden Bossche and Harnoult van den Boske)
Life
Little is known about the life of Aert van den Bossche. It is believed that he was born ca. 1455 or earlier. He was possibly originally from Bruges although he or his ancestors may have come from the town of 's-Hertogenbosch. This can possibly be concluded from the fact that in Brussels where he was active from the 1490s he was recorded in 1499 as 'Aert van Panhedel alias van den Bossche, schilder' (painter).[2] The town of 's-Hertogenbosch is colloquially referred to as Den Bosch (hence van den Bossche would mean "from 's-Hertogenbosch') and his name could therefore indicate he was originally from there. This assumption is further confirmed by the fact that when he registered in the Bruges Guild of Saint Luke he signed with the name 'Harnoult van den Boske'.[2] It is also known that Aert's father, the painter Yanne van den Bossche, had received some orders from the Brussels shoe-makers' guild as well. Aert van den Bossche had a son Gielis, a.k.a. Gielis Panhedel, who signed Gilken van den Booeske and was an accomplished painter.[2]
Aert van den Bossche became a city councillor of Brussels.[3] There is speculation that he may have been a pupil or assistant of Hugo van der Goes.[1]
Work
There is uncertainty about which works can be attributed to Aert van den Bossche. The famous Virgin and Child in a Landscape, c. 1492-1498 on view at the
The only written proof that a specific artwork had been commissioned from him personally is a receipt of 1490 for the remuneration paid by the Brussels shoemakers' guild for the triptych of the Martyrdom of the Saints Crispin and Crispinian. The triptych was intended for the guild's altar in the St Nicholas Church. The discovery of this receipt led to the identification of an extant painting depicting the saints in question, and to the identification of its artist earlier referred to as the 'Master of the Legend of St. Barbara' with Aert van den Bossche. Since this discovery the triptych has been removed from the oeuvre of the Master of the Legend of St. Barbara. There is yet no unanimous view as to Aert van den Bossche's exact relationship with the Master of the Legend of St. Barbara and whether Aert van den Bossche formed part of the workshop of the Master of the Legend of St. Barbara.[5]
On stylistic grounds it is believed that Aert van den Bossche painted the right wing of the Triptych with the Miracles of Christ. Some specialists have claimed that he also collaborated with the Master of the Legend of St. Barbara: for example, in the panel of the Scenes of the Legend of Henry II, the figures in the section on the left could possibly be the work of van den Bossche.[3]
The Martyrdom of Saints Crispin and Crispinian
The subject of the painting is the martyrdom of the
The martyrdom
For over a hundred years after its last verified purchase, nobody knew what subject matter was depicted in the composition.[9]
Speculation included the
The central panel of the painting is on display at the
Efforts to locate the missing panels continue even if only for the sake of historical record. Nothing is known about the left-hand side of the triptych including subject matter. Part of the outside panel of the right-hand wing (cut in half) is in the Moscow
Triptych with the Miracles of Christ
The Triptych with the Miracles of Christ is held in the collection of the National Gallery of Victoria in Melbourne. It is a fairly small scale work measuring about 112 by 184 cm.[16] Although there is still no unanimity on the attribution of each panel of the work, it is generally believed that the triptych represents a collaboration between three artists working in Brussels at the same time: the Master of the Legend of Saint Catherine (central panel), the Master of the Princely Portraits (left wing) and Aert van den Bossche.
There is evidence to suggest that the works were not produced in a single workshop where they could have been placed side by side during their execution. Rather, the fact that the line of the horizon varies in each panel and that the scale of the figures nor the perspective match up are indications that the three parts of the triptych were produced in separate locations where each artist worked in isolation from the others. It has been assumed that a possible reason for this work method had to do with the urgency of the commission or that it was in response to specific instructions of the commissioner of the work.[17]
The person who commissioned the work was
References
- ^ a b c Aert van den Bossche at the Netherlands Institute for Art History (in Dutch)
- ^ ISBN 0-8109-6735-9. Retrieved February 28, 2013.
we need to mention the painters Aert and Gielis van den Bossche alias (van) Panhedel. His father, Aert van den Bossche, had already worked in Brussels in 1490, and is recorded there in 1499 as 'Aert van Panhedel alias van den Bossche, schilder' (painter). (...) In 1505, Aert Panhedel also registered in the Bruges painters' guild under the name 'Harnoult van den Boske'. The same entry states that he had a 15-year-old son called 'Gilken van den Booeske'.
- ^ a b Aert van den Bossche and the Master of the Legend of Saint Barbe at the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium
- ^ Collection Minneapolis Institute of Arts (February 28, 2009). "Master of the Embroidered Foliage, Netherlandish, active 1480 - 1500". Artist(s) Unknown, possibly Master of the Madonna Grog or Aert van den Bossche, formerly Master of the Embroidered Foliage. Minneapolis Institute of Arts. Archived from the original on March 6, 2016. Retrieved February 28, 2013.
Gift of the Groves Foundation. No signature or markings Labels on verso
- ^ a b Rijksmuseum Amsterdam. "Meester van de Legende van de Heilige Barbara". Project Collectie Nederland and the Friedländer-project (in Dutch). Rijksbureau voor Kunsthistorische Documentatie - databases (3.1.2). Retrieved March 1, 2013.
- ^ Meier, Gabriel (1913). Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company. . In Herbermann, Charles (ed.).
- Catholic Church's Vatican IIreforms.
- ^ a b Palace Museum in Wilanów. "Aleksander Potocki". Polski Słownik Biograficzny. Muzeum Pałac w Wilanowie. Retrieved February 28, 2013.
- ^ a b c Michał Montowski, interview with dr Grażyna Bastek (2012-12-22). "Straszliwa śmierć świętych braci". Obraz niderlandzkiego malarza, o którym opowiedzieliśmy w Dwójce, przedstawia męczeństwo Kryspina i Kryspinina – rzymskich szewców, którzy zasłynęli dobrocią i miłosierdziem (in Polish). Polskie Radio S.A. Retrieved March 1, 2013.
The painting of a Danish master revealed to show the Martyrdom of Saints Crispin and Crispinian – two Roman cobblers famous for their compassion and goodness.
- ^ International network for curators of art from the Low Countries. (2013). "Painting in Brussels 1450-1520". Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Brussels. Codart.nl Exhibitions. Archived from the original on June 11, 2013. Retrieved March 1, 2013.
- ^ "Rouse Yourself at the Name of Crispian". Saint Crispin’s Day. WTF Art History. Retrieved March 1, 2013.
- ISBN 83-71001-00-2.
- ^ "Deux jurés de la guilde des cordonniers en donateurs - Martyre des Saints Crépin et Crépinien (Musée Pouchkine)". Royal Institute of Cultural Heritage (in French). Brussels.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Rijksmuseum Amsterdam. "Meester van de Legende van de Heilige Barbara - Het martelaarschap van de HH. Crispinus en Crispanianus (Brussel)". Project Collectie Nederland and the Friedländer-project (in Dutch). Rijksbureau voor Kunsthistorische Documentatie - databases (3.1.2). Retrieved March 1, 2013.
- ^ "Martyre des Saints Crépin et Crépinien (Musée communal de la Ville de Bruxelles)". Royal Institute of Cultural Heritage (in French). Brussels.
- ^ a b Lynn F. Jacobs, Opening Doors: The Early Netherlandish Triptych Reinterpreted, Penn State Press, 2012, p. 148-150
- ^ a b The Triptych with the Miracles of Chris at the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium
Further reading
- Steyaert, Griet (2007). "The Master of the Embroidered Foliage and Art van den Bossche". In Gombert, Florence (ed.). Le Maître au Feuillage brodé, Démarches d'artistes et méthodes d'attribution d'oeuvres à un peintre anonyme des anciens Pays-Bas du XVe siècle. Lille. pp. 173–183.
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: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - Bonenfant-Feytmans, Anne-Marie (1991). "Aert van den Bossche, Peintre du polyptyque des Saints Crépin et Crépinien". Annales d'Histoire de l'Art et d'Archéologie (in French). 13: 43–58. ISSN 0771-2723.
- Białostocki, Jan (1958). Malarstwo europejskie w zbiorach polskich 1300–1800 [European painting in the Polish collections from 1300 to 1800] (in Polish). Warsaw: "Auriga" Publishing.
- The Flemish primitives. Biography of Dieric Bouts (circa 1470-1475). Collaboration with Aert van den Bossche. Flemish Art Collection.
External links
- Media related to Aert van den Bossche at Wikimedia Commons