Master of 1518
The Master of 1518 is a Flemish painter belonging to the stylistic school of Antwerp Mannerism. A group of unsigned paintings is attributed to this artist on stylistic grounds, and his name is derived from the date inscribed on the painted wings of a carved wooden altarpiece of the Life of the Virgin in St. Mary's Church in Lübeck Germany.
Also recorded as Antwerp Master of 1518 · Lübeck Master of 1518 · Master of Antwerp · Master of the Dresden Triptych
Master of 1518
Master of 1518 · Private collection institution QS:P195,somevalue,P3831 · Public domain
- Name
- Master of 1518
- Field
- Painting
- Training
- Stylistic school of Antwerp Mannerism
- Movement
- Mannerism
- Born
- 1500
- Died
- 1600
- Occupation
- painter
- Movements
- Antwerp Mannerism
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The Master of 1518 is a Flemish painter belonging to the stylistic school of Antwerp Mannerism. A group of unsigned paintings is attributed to this artist on stylistic grounds, and his name is derived from the date inscribed on the painted wings of a carved wooden altarpiece of the Life of the Virgin in St. Mary's Church in Lübeck Germany.
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Biography
Biography
Although this artist’s identity is not known with certainty, some scholars believe that the Master of 1518 was either Jan Mertens the Younger or Jan van Dornicke, or that all three were the same person. His paintings are primarily crowded depictions of religious scenes combining Gothic and Renaissance styles. He frequently incorporated elaborate clothing and architectural ruins. • Illustration — The Adoration of the Magi Master of 1518 Oil on panel Honolulu Museum of Art
The field of work recorded is painting. Places of work recorded in the authority are Antwerp. Work by Master of 1518 is recorded in the collections of Nationalmuseum, Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille, Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp and Museum van het Heilig Bloed.
Verzoeking van de heilige Antonius - Meester van 1518 - Musea Brugge
Master of 1518
Verzoeking van de heilige Antonius - Meester van 1518 - Musea Brugge
Master of 1518
Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Master of 1518 • Field — Painting • Training — Stylistic school of Antwerp Mannerism • Movement — Mannerism • Works — The Life of the Virgin in St. Mary's Church in Lübeck German • Illustration — The Presentation of the Christ Child in the Temple Master of 1518 Oil on panel private coll.
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These works are cited by the source article, in its own numbering. They are recorded as its citations, not as sources VALÉORINE has verified.
- 1.D. De Vos, Meester 1518, in: Anonieme Vlaamse Primitieven red. Aquilin Janssens de Bisthoven, Dirk De Vos, M. Baes-Dondeyne, Henri Pauwels, Brugge, 1969, p. 174.
- 2.Max J. Friedländer: Die Antwerpener Manieristen von 1520. In: Jahrbuch der königlich preußischen Kunstsammlungen 36 (1915), pp. 65–91, p. 65.
- 3.Max J. Friedländer, 1915, pp. 81-84.
- 4.Charles D. Cutler , Review of Georges Marlier, La renaissance flamande, Pierre Coeck d'Alost, in: The Art Bulletin, Vol. 53, No. 3 (Sep., 1971), pp. 409-412, p. 411.
- 5.Early Flemish pictures in the collection of Her Majesty the Queen, Cambridge 1985.
- 6.J. Bruyn, Oud Holland, Vol. 100, No. 3/4 (1986), pp. 197-200.
- 7.Annick Born, Seven entries on the Master of 1518 and his workshop, in: ExtravagAnt! A forgotten chapter of Antwerp painting 1500-1530. Catalogue, ed. Pieter van den Brink and Maximiliaan P. J. Martens, Koninklijk museum voor Schone Kunsten-Bonnefantenmuseum, 2005, pp. 193, 205-209, 225.
- 8.Jos Koldeweij, Alexandra Hermesdorf, Paul Huvenne, De schilderkunst der Lage Landen, Deel 1: De Middeleeuwen en de zestiende eeuw, Amsterdam University Press, 2006, p. 177.
- 9.C. Périer-D'Ieteren, Biographie d'artiste. Van Dornicke, Jan
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- 12.Men kan klikken op het aantal treffers onder de titel 'Deze kunstenaar in andere databases', om de toegeschreven werken te bekijken.
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