Godefroid de Claire
Godefroid de Claire or Godefroid de Huy (born c. 1100; died c. 1173) was a goldsmith and enamelist.
Also recorded as Godefroid de Huy · Godefroy von Huy · Godefroy de Huy · Godfrey de Claire
Godefroid de Claire
- Name
- Godefroid de Claire
- Born
- c. 1100
- Died
- c. 1173
- Occupation
- goldsmith
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Key facts
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• Name — Godefroid de Claire • Born — c. 1100 • Died — c. 1173 • Other Names — Godefroid de Huy, Godefroy de Huy
Documentary record
Godefroid de Claire is recorded as a goldsmith.
Life and works
Life and works
His main working period was 1130–1199. During this time, he worked in the area of Stavelot and the Meuse valley, in what is now Belgium. He might have learned the art from Rainer of Huy. His style was Mosan art, specialising in reliquary and iaphic art. His shrine of Pope Alexander I is preserved in the Royal Museums of Art and History. It was suggested that he was the teacher of Nicholas of Verdun.
Life and career
Dated record
Life and career
The full dated record · 2 entries
1100
Godefroid de Claire was born in 1100 at Huy.
1173
Godefroid de Claire died in 1173.
Attributed Works
• Name of Work — Year Made — Present Location — Picture — BALaT — Attribution • Triptych of the Holy Cross —? — Curtius Museum — — 1 — Attribution by IRPA • Chief-reliquary of Pope Alexander — About1145 — Musée du Cinquantenaire — — 2 — Attribution by IRPA • Tree of Life enamel — About 1150 — Treasure of the Collégiale de Huy — — 3 — Attribution by IRPA • Altarpiece fragment from Stavelot: enamel "FIDES BABTISMUS" — About 1150 — Museum Angewandte Kunst — — 4 — Attribution by IRPA • Altarpiece fragment from Stavelot: enamel "OPERATIO " — About 1150 — Kunstgewerbemuseum Berlin — — 5 — Attribution by IRPA • Enamel book cover for the Gospel-book of Sibylle — 1150 - 1160 — Hessisches Landesmuseum Darmstadt — — 6 — Attribution by IRPA • Triptych of Stavelot (excluding the central reliquaries) — About 1170? — Morgan Library and Museum — — Attribution by comparison with the Chief-reliquary of Pope Alexander • Reliquary of Saint Domitien — 1173 — Treasure of the Collégiale de Huy — — 8 — Attribution by IRPA • Reliquary of Saint Mengold — 1173 — Treasure of the Collégiale de Huy — — 9 — Attribution by IRPA
Primary material
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q1533705: Godefroid de Claire
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- “Godefroid de Claire”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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- 1.Originele Waalse tekst: « Godefroy appedain de Huy à maistre d'orfeivrie, li miedre et li plus expers et subtils ovriers que ons sawist en monde à chel jour... ».
- 2.De tekst van de necrologie (thans in het museum Grand Curtius in Luik) vermeldt de goudsmid Godefridus als medebroeder van het klooster, echter zonder sterfjaar: « commemoratio Godefridi aurificis fratris nostri » en maakt melding van het feit dat hij twee schrijnen vervaardigde voor de kerk van Hoei: « duo composuit feretra ».
- 3.Kroos gaat zelfs zover te veronderstellen dat de bloeitijd van de "Godefroidlegende" na de Eerste en Tweede Wereldoorlog waarschijnlijk een gevolg was van de behoefte om na de traumatische oorlogservaring een Belgisch kunstenaar voor te stellen als leermeester van Duitse (en Franse) edelsmeden (Kroos, pp. 94-95).
- 4.Kroos, pp. 102-103.
- 5.Kroos, p. 109.
- 6.Kroos, pp. 103-104.
- 7.Kroos, p. 103.
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Godefroid de Claire is recorded as goldsmith.
Pendant with the Virgin and Child
1160 · Cleveland Museum of Art
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