Master of Frankfurt

Netherlandish, c. 1460 - active 1520s

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This painting depicts three people seated side-by-side outdoors. The central person is a young, nude child with curly, reddish hair and a red beaded necklace, sitting on a red cushion. Their head is turned to the right. The woman on the left wears a white head covering, a sheer veil around her neck, a green dress, and a red cloak with floral designs. She holds the torso of the child and drapes a white cloth around its legs. The woman on the right has long, flowing reddish hair and wears a white dress or robe with gold detailing down the front, on the neckline, and on the wrists. She holds an open red book, and the child is turning one of the thin pages. All three people have pale skin. Above them, in the cloudy blue sky, there is a white dove with its wings outstretched, gold lines radiating from it. Above the dove, there is an image of a crowned bearded man with pale skin, wearing red robes and holding an orb. He is against a golden background with red dots that breaks through the pale clouds. The background shows a landscape with green trees, hills, and pale blue buildings.
Master of Frankfurt, Saint Anne with the Virgin and the Christ Child, c. 1511/1515, oil on panel, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Sidney K. Lafoon, 1976.67.1

Saint Anne with the Virgin and the Christ Child

Master of Frankfurt · c. 1511/1515 · oil on panel ·  Accession ID  1976.67.1

Bibliography

1936

  • Hoogewerff, G. J. De Noord-Nederlandsche Schilderkunst. 5 vols. The Hague, 1939: 3:19-25.

1945

  • Valentiner, Wilhelm R. "Jan de Vos, The Master of Frankfurt." The Art Quarterly. 7 (1945): 197-215.

1949

  • Delen, A. J. J. "Wie was de 'Meester van Frankfort?'" Miscellanea Leo van Puyvelde. Brussels, 1949: 74-88.

1967

  • Friedländer 1929, vol. 7 (vol. 7, 1971).

1983

  • Goodard, Stephen. "Documents Concerning Hendrik van Wueluwe." Jaarboek van het Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten Antwerpen (1983): 33-52.

  • Goddard, Stephen. "The Man with a Rose, a new attribution to the Master of Frankfurt (Hendrik van Wueluwe reconsidered)." Jaarboek van het Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten Antwerpen (1983): 53-83.

  • Goddard, Stephen. "The Master of Frankfurt and his Shop." Ph.D. diss., University of Iowa, 1983.

1986

  • Hand, John Oliver and Martha Wolff. Early Netherlandish Painting. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. Washington, D.C., 1986: 151.