Master of Frankfurt
The Master of Frankfurt (1460–c. 1533) was a
He is one of many anonymous artists identifiable by their
painting style but not by name. The Master of Frankfurt is, however, often thought to be a Hendrik van Wueluwe, an artist famous in Antwerp around the same time as the anonymous painter but otherwise unconnected to any paintings.[1]
His dated Self portrait of the artist with his wife in its original frame (1496;
Guild of St. Luke.[1]
If he is the same artist as Van Wueluwe, then he was also dean of the guild six times. Attributed paintings include his self-portrait, the Festival of the Archers (1493; Royal Museum of Fine Arts, Antwerp), and the two paintings in Frankfurt.
The Master of Frankfurt is also known for painting numerous copies after earlier
Quentin Metsys.[1]
Museum collections
- Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; Master of Frankfurt, The Adoration of the Christ Child, ca. 1496-1502
- Musée du Louvre, Paris; Master of Frankfurt, Vierge à l'Enfant dans un paysage, ca. 1514
- Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, Madrid; Maestro of Frankfurt, La Sagrada Familia (The Holy Family), ca. 1508
- Museo National de Prado, Madrid; Maestro de Francfort, Sagrada Familia con ángel músico, Santa Catalina de Alejandría, Santa Bárbara, ca. 1510-1520 (Video: Restoration of the Master of Frankfurt triptych, by María Antonia López Asiaín)
- Detroit Institute of Arts, Michigan; Master of Frankfurt, The Virgin Enthroned
- Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria; Master of Frankfurt, Triptych, Adoration of the Magi, the Nativity (left) and the Circumcision (right), c.1512
- Mauritshuis Royal Picture Gallery, The Hague; Meester van Frankfurt, Saint Christopher, ca. 1500, Saint Catherine, 1510–1520, and Saint Barbara, 1510-1520
- National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.; Master of Frankfurt, Saint Anne with the Virgin and the Christ Child, ca.1511-15
- Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya (MNAC), Barcelona; Mestre de Frankfurt, Triptych of the Baptism of Christ, 1500-1520
- National Museums Liverpool, Liverpool, UK; Master of Frankfurt, The Holy Family with Music Making Angels, 1510-1520
- Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach, Florida; Master of Frankfurt, The Lamentation
- San Diego Museum of Art, California; Master of Frankfurt, Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine with Saints and Angles, ca. 1500-1510
- The Walters Art Museum, Maryland; Master of Frankfurt, Virgin and Child Enthroned, ca. 1515-1520
- The Wilanów Palace Museum (Muzeum Pałac w Wilanowie) Poland; Master of Frankfurt, Madonna and Child crowned by two angels, ca. 1490s
- Historical Museum (Historisches Museum), Frankfurt, Meister von Frankfurt, St. Anne Altarpiece, ca 1505, Two Saints: St. Odilia and St. Cecilia, ca. 1505
- The McNay Museum, San Antonio, Texas; Master of Frankfurt, St. Barbara and St. Catherine
- Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, Australia; Master of Frankfurt, Virgin and Child with Saint James the Pilgrim, Saint Catherine and the Donor with Saint Peter, ca. 1496
Selected works
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Attributed to the Master of Frankfurt, Virgin and Child Enthroned, ca. 1515–1520, oil on panel, 30 13/16 x 22 3/16 in. (78.3 x 56.3 cm),The Walters Art Museum
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Master of Frankfurt, Saint Odile and Saint Cecilia, ca. 1503–1506, oil on panel, 113 x 67.9 cm (44 1/2 x 26 3/4 in.), Historical museum, Frankfurt. This painting, rendered in grisaille, forms part of the outer wings of the Altarpiece of St. Anne commissioned for the Dominican Church of Frankfurt circa 1504.
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Master of Frankfurt, Triptych of the Baptism of Christ, Oil and gold leaf on wood, 169.2 x 213.5 x 5.5 cm, Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya, MNAC.
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Attributed to the Master of Frankfurt, Holy Family with Music Making Angels, circa 1515, oil on panel, 156.2 cm × 155.9 cm (61.5 in × 61.4 in), Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool. This is the central panel of a triptych altarpiece. The two side panels depict two virgin martyrs, St Catherine and St Barbara (now in the Mauritshuis, The Hague).
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Master of Frankfurt, St Catherine, St Barbara, 1510–1520, oil on panel 158.7 x 70.8 cm (each), The Royal Picture Gallery Mauritshuis, The Hague. These are the left and right panels of a triptych altarpiece. The central panel depicts the Holy Family with Music Making Angels (now in the Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool).
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Master of Frankfurt, Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine with Saints and Angles, ca. 1500–1510, oil on panel, 27+1⁄2 by 18+3⁄4 inches (70 cm × 48 cm), San Diego Museum of Art.
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Master of Frankfurt (Maitre de Francfort), Vierge à l'Enfant dans un paysage , ca. 1514, 77 x 46 cm,Musée du Louvre, Paris
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Master of Frankfurt, St. Anne Altarpiece, circa 1505, 126 cm × 212 cm (50 in × 83 in),Historical museum, Frankfurt. Created ca. 1505 for the Monastery of the Dominican Order in Frankfurt.
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Master of Frankfurt, The Virgin Enthroned, oil on oak panel, 28 1/2 x 23 1/8 in. (72.4 x 58.7 cm), Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit
References
- ^ a b c d Stephen H. Goddard, "Master of Frankfurt," Grove Art Online, Oxford University Press [accessed 9 April 2008]
- ^ a b Kate Challis, "Master of Frankfurt," The Oxford Companion to Western Art, ed. Hugh Brigstocke, Oxford University Press, 2001 (Grove Art Online, Oxford University Press, 2005). [accessed 9 April 2008]
External links
- Media related to Master of Frankfurt at Wikimedia Commons
- Entry for the Master of Frankfurt in the Union List of Artist Names
- Fifteenth- to eighteenth-century European paintings: France, Central Europe, the Netherlands, Spain, and Great Britain, a collection catalog fully available online as a PDF, which contains material on the Master of Frankfurt (cat. no. 18)
- Agence photographique de la réunion des Musées nationaux