Master of Castelsardo
As Master of Castelsardo ( * before 1486, † after 1515 ) a at the beginning of the Renaissance painters working in Sardinia is known. The unnamed artist received his Notnamen after 1500 in Castelsardo painted by him for the Sant ' Antonio Abate Cathedral in Sardinia altarpieces. These images are in form and function of Spanish coinage and were placed in the church behind the altar. Significant fragments are still evident in this church, including the altar the image of a Madonna with angels playing instruments.
Castelsardo went into the second half of the fifteenth century into the possession of the Crown of Aragon and the art in Sardinia was then influenced by the Catalan late Gothic period. Their style is already producing a transition to early forms of the Renaissance and also the Master of Castelsardo shows such influence Spanish- Catalan painting. He may have received his training in Barcelona. Also, Valencia comes as the origin in question. The operation of the master, for example, in its realistic depiction of details in landscape and architecture also shows Flemish influence and painter of Flanders worked as a teacher in Spain. On the other hand, the Master of Castelsardo could have been an Italian painter who was under the influence of Catalan painting. It has been proposed to identify it with Gioacchino Cavaro, which, however, remains controversial.
The Master of Castelsardo several panel paintings attributed to Sardinia. So are several other fragments of his work in the Museo di Arte Sacra in the crypt of Sant ' Antonio Abate seen in Castelsardo Cathedral, images of four apostles, St. Michael the Archangel and God the Father. Next there is to be Peter's altar in the parish church of San Pietro Apostolo in Tuili, in Cagliari. Also works in Corsica are assigned to it, including a crucifixion scene from the monastery of Saint- François at Sainte -Lucie- de -Tallano in Corsica. The work was written before 1500 and is now kept in the local town hall. From the monastery to another work of the master come, a Trinity altar, now in Saccargia. A Madonna with Child and Saints of the master, probably from Sardinia is now kept at the Birmingham Museum of Art in England.