Jan Borman

January Borreman the Elder, also Borremans or Borman ( detected from 1479 to 1520 in Brussels ) was a Flemish sculptor of the late Gothic period whose work has been disseminated not only in Flanders itself, but about trade routes to northern Germany and Scandinavia.

Life and work

January 1479 Borreman acquired the citizenship of the city of Brussels.

In 1493 he made as a commission of Louvain crossbow guild the altarpiece of the Martyrdom of St. George (Sint - Joris- altarpiece ) for the chapel Onze - Lieve - Vrouw van Ginderbuyten in Leuven, which today is located in the Royal Museums of Art and History in Brussels. It is considered his masterpiece and is due to the good location, the historical facts of reference for attributions.

In addition to this secure attribution, there have been several attempts to write and theories to other objects. The attribution of the dated 1518 Antwerp altarpiece in St. Mary 's Church in Lübeck by Friedrich Schliemann, Adolph Goldschmidt came towards and had thus already in 1889 in the right direction.

Johnny Roosval arranged in January 1933 Borman in Sweden, a reredos in Vill Berga, one at Vadstena in the monastery church, the Passionsretabel in Västerås, Västerås called III and an altarpiece in the cathedral of Strängnäs.

The main work of his alleged son Borman January of this year and its employees is the Passion altar in 1522 in St. Mary's Church in Güstrow whose paintings were alternately attributed to Bernard van Orley or the master of Guestrower altar. This altar shows on the scabbard of the warrior front right in the Cross the signature in January Borman. Next multiply the bottom of the bar of the Retabelgefache the stamp Brussels.

Third documented member of the family is Passchier Borreman, alleged brother of Jan the Younger and son Jan the Elder. He probably made ​​the altarpiece in Herentals. Other objects are under discussion.

Works

  • Altar of the Holy Family, work from the workshop Borman ( 1500), in St. Nicholas Church (Tallinn );
  • Altarpiece in the Museum in Cologne Schnütgen by an employee of the Borman workshop
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