Brunswick Monogrammist

The Braunschweiger Monogrammist is a name not known Dutch Renaissance painter of the first half of the 16th century.

Wording and question of identity

The term " Braunschweiger Monogrammist " goes back to the monogrammed painting The Great Banquet (actually " The parable of the great supper ") back, which is located in the Herzog Anton Ulrich- Museum in Braunschweig and bears the characteristic monogram. So far, however, it is not able to clarify the identity of the artist's consistent. Today, the majority of opinions tend to the fact that it could be around Jan van Amstel. Previously, Jan Sanders van Hemessen was pulled on the short list.

Silke gate Bröcker, Curator of the Museum, summarizes the state of knowledge about the known oeuvre of monogramist with the following words:

Monogram

Silke gate Bröcker according to:

Art Historical classification

In addition to the observed near-natural daily life, such as Tavern scenes, presented the painter Religious subjects dar. In addition, various works are ascribed to him with brothel scenes.

As a precursor of Pieter Bruegel the Elder. he probably was of great influence on its realism.

Works

Besides the aforementioned painting The Great Banquet, there is another work of this painter in the Herzog Anton Ulrich- Museum, " Aside from the carnival ." Others are in the Mauritshuis in The Hague, the Louvre in Paris to see the Städel in Frankfurt am Main, in the Gemäldegalerie in Berlin and at the Kunstmuseum Basel.