Bildnis eines Baumeisters
Meister des Marienlebens

Portrait of an Architect,

um 1470
Material / Technology / Carrier
Eichenholz
Dimensions of the object
37,9 x 31 cm
Displayed
AP OG Saal I
Department
Altdeutsche Malerei
Genre
Malerei
Inventory number
WAF 612
Acquisition
1828 aus der Sammlung Oettingen-Wallerstein – seit 1923 Wittelsbacher Ausgleichsfonds
Stock
Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen - Alte Pinakothek München
Citation
Meister des Marienlebens, Bildnis eines Baumeisters, um 1470, Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen - Alte Pinakothek München, URL: https://www.sammlung.pinakothek.de/en/artwork/02LAYABLyk (Last updated on 22.07.2024)
The identity of the man cannot be clarified but the set of compasses in his right hand shows him to be an architect. There is evidence that such elegant clothes, especially the cloak with its fur-trimmed collar—that without any other attribute would point to a patrician—were also worn by members of this profession. The artist’s clear association with the Netherlands can also be seen in the panels depicting the ‘Life of the Virgin’.

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