Claus Sluter

Claus Sluter (* 1350 in Haarlem, † 1405 ( another source 1406) in Dijon, France) was a Dutch sculptor and co-founder of the Burgundian Gothic art school. He is regarded as the main representative of the Burgundian sculpture at the turn of the 14th and 15th century.

Life

At first he was a student and then staff in the workshop of Jean de Marville at the court Duke Philip the Bold in Dijon, 1389 Sluter was his successor as workshop manager and court artist. The circumstances under which he entered the service of Philip the Bold, are unknown; as the time of his arrival in Dijon. However, one can assume that he arrived there in 1385 at the latest.

Works

Tomb of Philip the Bold

The figure- rich tomb of Philip the Bold is among Sluter known works. He probably worked with since 1385 in this work, completed it was only under Sluter successor Claus de Werve, who was also his pupil and nephew. In the upper part of the tomb shows as colored recumbent figure of the Duke, accompanied by two angels and a lion. Significant at the tomb are the forty Pleurants in the lower part. Probably produced under the direction of Jean de Marville. With regard to the soft folds of the garments they are very different, almost individually designed.

Portal of the Chartreuse of Champmol

His second major work is the sculptural program of the portal of the Chartreuse de Champmol. Like all other extant works of this Sluter also for Philip II was born. Here Sluter changed the presumably originating from Marville and the architect Drouet de Dammartin concept. Canopies and consoles were now designed for larger figures and covert the capitals and the overlying consoles, the angels would have to bear. Lion and dog on the consoles were replaced by foliage. The new canopy over the Madonna was only finished in 1400 and is a marvel in finely engraved shapes, tall and slender, adorned with angels. Five figures standing on pedestals, on Trumeau Mary dwells with the Holy Child, which were completed in 1391 along with the two saints. Right and Left are Mary and child of the kneeling donor pair - Philip the Bold and Margaret of Flanders - flanked. They are accompanied by their two kneeling cartridges, St. John and St. Catherine. All five figures are merged on the basis of their common action to a unit and its life-sized appearance at the center of a portal represents a significant innovation within the iconography dar.

Well of Moses

See Article Mosesbrunnen (Dijon )