Master of the Life of the Virgin
The Master of the Life of the Virgin, in German the Meister des Marienlebens, (working ca. 1463 — ca. 1490), is the pseudonym given to a late Gothic German painter working in Cologne. He can also be known as the Master of Wilten, or Johann van Duyren, an identification not universally accepted.[1]
His workshop is identified by his masterwork, a series of eight depictions of conventional scenes from the
Through the detectable influence of Netherlandish painters including
Though his name is unknown, through his paintings he has become the most celebrated Late Gothic painter of the Cologne School. His elegant figural style is well enough known that his considerable influence can be detected in the work of other painters in Cologne.
He is not to be confused with another 13th-century Norwegian "Master of the Life of the Virgin", the late 15th-century Venetian "Master of the Louvre Life of the Virgin,"[3][4] or the three artists each known as the Master of the Death of the Virgin.
Gallery
Seven of the eight scenes from the eponymous Life of the Virgin, in Munich with one exception. The final Assumption is missing.
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Visitation
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Presentation of Jesus at the Temple, London
Notes
Further reading
- Schmidt, Hans M.. Der Meister des Marienlebens und sein Kreis: Studien zur spätgotik Malerei in Köln (Düsseldorf:Schwann) 1978.