Brunswick Monogrammist

The Sacrifice of Issac (2nd quarter of 16th century). Oil on wood, 40 × 32 cm. In the collection of the Louvre Museum

The Brunswick Monogrammist was an anonymous Netherlandish painter, active in the mid-to-late 16th century. He painted religious scenes but also several scenes of secular merriment, including brothel and tavern scenes. He has been called "the most significant precursor of Pieter Bruegel the Elder".[1]

Identity

The monogram for which the Brunswick Monogrammist is named appears only once, on his (or her) Parable of the Great Supper in the Herzog Anton Ulrich Museum in Brunswick. It is composed of the interlocked letters J, V, A, M, S and L,[2] and neither it nor careful analysis of his work have yielded consensus about his identity. His (or her, as Verhulst was female) paintings have been attributed to a number of painters, including Jan van Hemessen, Mayken Verhulst[2] and Jan van Amstel.[3][4]

Brothel scene, 1537; Gemäldegalerie, Berlin
Itinerant Entertainers in a Brothel (1550s). Oil on wood, 45.5 cm × 60.7 cm. In the collection of the National Gallery, London

Partial list of works

See also

References

  1. ↑ Braunschweiger Monogrammist, Bordellszene, Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main. Retrieved 4 September 2009
  2. 1 2 3 Elise L. Smith. "Brunswick Monogrammist" Grove Art Online. Oxford University Press, 12/4/07, http://www.groveart.com/
  3. ↑ Collection: Dr. Herbert & Monika Schaefer: Selected Works. New Haven: Mountain View Press. 1998. 32.
  4. ↑ Bloch, Vitale. "A Luteplayer by Jan van Hemessen" The Burlington Magazine, Vol. 98, No. 645. (Dec., 1956), pp. 445-447.
  5. ↑ Collection: Dr. Herbert & Monika Schaefer: Selected Works. New Haven: Mountain View Press. 1998.

External links

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Friday, March 18, 2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.