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Palme eslute du sauveur pour victoire by Master of Amiens

Palme eslute du sauveur pour victoire

Master of Amiens·1520

Historical Context

The Master of Amiens is an anonymous French painter identified through works associated with the northern French city of Amiens, active in the early sixteenth century at the intersection of Flemish and French pictorial traditions. This work, dated around 1520 and held in the Musée de Picardie in Amiens, belongs to the tradition of French religious painting that drew on Flemish models while developing regional characteristics. Picardy was a borderland between French and Flemish cultural spheres, and its painters absorbed influences from both directions. The Musée de Picardie's collection is significant for preserving this often-overlooked northern French regional painting.

Technical Analysis

The Master of Amiens works in a tradition shaped by Flemish panel technique, with careful rendering of faces and drapery in a palette that favours warm reds, deep blues, and neutral backgrounds. Figures are in clear relationship to their symbolic attributes.

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Musée de Picardie

Amiens, France

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Quick Facts

Medium
Oil on panel
Dimensions
170 × 100 cm
Era
High Renaissance
Style
Northern Renaissance
Genre
Religious
Location
Musée de Picardie, Amiens
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