The Master of the Burgundian Prelates was an anonymous master illuminator active in Burgundy between 1470 and 1490. He owes his name to several works commissioned from him by Burgundian bishops and abbots.
The Master of the Burgundian Prelates was an anonymous master illuminator active in Burgundy between 1470 and 1490. He owes his name to several works commissioned from him by Burgundian bishops and abbots.
The art historian Nicole Reynaud isolated his style from four liturgical manuscripts for which he produced illuminations commissioned by four Burgundian bishops or abbots or of Burgundian origin: a missal for Ferry de Clugny, Bishop of Tournai and canon of Autun, a pontifical for Antoine de Chalon , Bishop of Autun, a breviary for Jean III d'Amboise , Bishop of Langres, and a missal for Richard Chambellan, Abbot of Saint-Étienne de Dijon. These sponsors, as well as the use of location of his books of hours, serve to identify this artist as a Burgundian. He may also have painted murals in the Chapelle Dorée of Autun Cathedral. His style is far removed from the Flemish illumination of the time. His characters are still and rectilinear, his colours dark and often enhanced with gold. His compositions are static and the illuminator has little interest in narrative or drama, but his style is well-adapted to devotional images such as crucifixions. [1] [2]
Several of the painter's motifs are found in the paintings of Josse Lieferinxe, an artist from Hainaut based in Avignon, who is known to have worked in the workshop of Jean Changenet – a Langrois artist from a large family of Burgundian artists – and may have left Burgundy after the death of Charles the Bold in 1477. According to Nicole Reynaud, the Master of the Burgundian Prelates may be a member of Changenet's family, perhaps his brother Pierre, who stayed in Burgundy. [1]
Fourteen manuscripts were originally attributed to the Master by Nicole Reynaud, and others have been attributed to him since. Among the manuscripts thought to be by him are:
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