Master of the Codex of Saint George
The Master of the Codex of Saint George (active c. 1320–1330) is an unknown painter, named after one volume of an illuminated missal, which, in addition to the liturgical texts, also contains a Vita of St. Fragments of another volume of the same missal are in the Pierpont Morgan Library in New York (M.713).
Also recorded as Maître du Codex de Saint Georges · Meister des Georg-Kodex · Meister des Kodex des hl. Georg · Master of the Saint George Codex
Master of the Codex of Saint George
Master of the Codex of Saint George · The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York · The Cloisters Collection, 1961 · Public domain (CC0, Met Open Access)
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- painter · illuminator
- Known for
- Madonna and Child Enthroned
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The Master of the Codex of Saint George (active c. 1320–1330) is an unknown painter, named after one volume of an illuminated missal, which, in addition to the liturgical texts, also contains a Vita of St. Fragments of another volume of the same missal are in the Pierpont Morgan Library in New York (M.713).
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Identity and origins
Identity and origins
The painter was an exponent of the Roman School of Illumination and probably worked both in Rome and in Avignon. The work was commissioned by Cardinal Jacopo Stefaneschi, who resided in Avignon, home of the papal court from 1309. The exceedingly magnificent missal was created around 1320 and was intended for the Basilica of St. Peter in Rome. In addition to the decoration of other manuscripts, panel paintings are also attributed to the artist, but this is disputed.
Places of work recorded in the authority are Florence. Works named in the authority record are Madonna and Child Enthroned. Work by Master of the Codex of Saint George is recorded in the collections of Metropolitan Museum of Art and The Cloisters.
The authorities additionally record the headings Maître du Codex de Saint Georges, Meister des Georg-Kodex, Meister des Kodex des hl. Georg, Master of the Saint George Codex and Maestro del Codice di San Giorgio.
The Lamentation, ca. 1330–35, by Master of the Codex of Saint George
Master of the Codex of Saint George · The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York · The Cloisters Collection, 1961
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Master of the Codex of Saint George born.
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Master of the Codex of Saint George died.
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- 1.Michael Viktor Schwarz, Ubi Pictor ibi Roma: Local colour and modern form in Stefaneschi’s Codice di San Giorgio, in: Christine Beier und Evelyn Theresia Kubina (Hg.), Wege zum illuminierten Buch: Herstellungs-bedingungen für Buchmalerei in Mittelalter und früher Neuzeit, Wien 2014, Pg. 107-124 https://fedora.e-book.fwf.ac.at/fedora/get/o:521/bdef:Content/get.
- 2.Metropolitan Museum, collections.
- 3.M. G. Ciardi Dupré Dal Poggetto, Il maestro del codice di San Giorgio e il cardinale Jacopo Stefaneschi, Florence 1981.
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