Josse Lieferinxe
Josse Lieferinxe (fl. c. 1493-1503/08) was a South Netherlandish painter, formerly known by the pseudonym the Master of St. Sebastian.
Josse Lieferinxe | |
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| Born | , South Netherland |
| Died | c. 1503-1508 |
| Nationality | South Netherlandish |
| Other names | Master of St. Sebastian |
| Occupation | Painter |
| Spouse | Michelle Changenet (m. 1503) |
Originating in the
Dukes of Burgundy,[1] Josse Lieferinxe was documented as a "Picard" in the regions of Avignon and Marseille at the end of the fifteenth and in the early sixteenth centuries. He was first mentioned in Provence in 1493.[2] Thus he figures among the painters of the Provençal school, whose most prominent members in an earlier generation had also been from the far north of the French-speaking world—Barthélemy d'Eyck and Enguerrand Quarton. In 1503 he married Michelle, a daughter of Jean Changenet, the most prominent painter of Avignon, in whose atelier Lieferinxe may have matured his style.[2]
He was last mentioned living in 1505, and in 1508 as deceased.
Before he was identified by
Musée Calvet, Avignon—a Circumcision backed by a Saint Catherine and an Annunciation backed by Saint Michael Killing the Dragon—and another, a Marriage of the Virgin in the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Brussels; a fragmentary third panel, also painted on both sides, is in the Musée du Louvre.[4]
Selected works
A more complete list can be found in the database of the Centre for the Study of Fifteenth-Century Painting
- Life and Miracles of Saint Sebastian, 1497.
- Saint Sebastian before Diocletian, 1497 (Hermitage Museum).
- Saint Sebastian Destroying Pagan Idols, 1497 (Philadelphia Museum of Art).
- Martyrdom of Saint Sebastian Saint Sebastian Tended by Saint Irene, 1497, and another panel (Philadelphia Museum of Art). (On-line illustrations).
- Saint Sebastian intercedes for the plague-stricken, 1497 (Walters Art Museum, Baltimore).
- Pilgrims at the Tomb of St Sebastian (Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica, Rome.
- The Archangel Michael Killing the Dragon (Musée du Petit Palais, Avignon).
- Abraham Visited by Three Angels, dated 1500 (Kress Collection, Denver Art Museum.
- Calvary (Louvre) (illustration, above)
- Retable. Scattered wing panels and other elements. (Royal Museum of Fine Arts, Brussels; Musée du Louvre; Musée Calvet, Avignon).
- Ecce Homo (Biblioteca Ambrosiana). (Catalogue entry)
- Pietà (Antwerp)
- Adoration of the Infant Jesus, on the reverse of the panel A Bishop Saint (Louvre)
- Visitation, on the reverse of the panel, Saint Lucy (Louvre)
Notes
- ^ His name suggests that he or a recent ancestor originated from Lieferingem, near Enghien.
- ^ a b Thiébaut Dominique. "Lieferinxe, Josse." Grove Art Online. Oxford Art Online. Oxford University Press. Web. 2 November. 2013.
- ^ Sterling, "The Master of St. Sebastian", Gazette des Beaux-Arts 22 (1942:135) and "Saint Sebastian Interceding for the Plague-stricken", The Art Quarterly 8 (1945:216).
- ^ Julius S. Held, "Little-Known French Paintings of the Fifteenth Century" The Burlington Magazine 94 No. 589 (April 1952:99–108) p. 99, note 4.
Further reading
- Ring, Grete. "A Century of French Painting, 1400–1500". (London): Phaidon Press, 1949.
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