In the history of art, Master of Frankfurt is one of the names that keeps being returned to.
The record lists Master of Frankfurt as Flemish Renaissance painter (1460-1533).
Master of Frankfurt was born at Antwerp in 1460. His recorded nationality is Spanish Netherlands.
This was the period in which the artist became an individual with a signature, a reputation and a price.
He worked as painter.
Among his best-known works are Saint Catherine, Saint Barbara and Saint Christopher. Looking is a skill, and the artists who last are those who taught their audience how to do it.
That the work was made in Spanish Netherlands shaped it: artistic traditions, academies and the galleries that decide what is seen have never been evenly distributed.
Master of Frankfurt died in 1533, aged 73. The work remains, hanging in collections that outlived both the artist and the market that first priced it.
Achievements
- Notable work: Saint Catherine
- Notable work: Saint Barbara
- Notable work: Saint Christopher
- Notable work: Festival of the Archers
