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Saint Paul
Creator
Master of the Getty EpistlesFrench Illuminator · 1520–1549
All works by this person →In the 1520s and 1530s, a large group of anonymous, French illuminators practiced their craft together in a workshop located in either Tours or Paris. Scholars have named one of the workshop's four leading artists the Master of the Getty Epistles, after a manuscript of the Epistles of Saint Paul in the J. Paul Getty Museum. After his association with this group of artists, who shared drawings that
More on Getty ULAN- Date
- about 1528–1530
- Medium
- Tempera colors and gold paint
- Culture
- French
- Department
- Manuscripts
- Institution
- Getty Museum
- Object ID
- 57c26d44-c7fa-47db-8369-195e69fb4ef0
From the Getty Museum record
The apostle Paul stands reading an open book before a spacious setting of meandering hills dotted with architectural structures. Voluminous drapery cannot conceal his rather strong and muscular body. An elaborate architectural frame reminiscent of the frames of contemporary Italian altarpieces reinforces the saint's majestic presence. This small painting in a book achieves a monumentality usually associated with larger independent paintings hung on a wall. From the art of the Italian Renaissance, particularly that of Michelangelo, the Master of the Getty Epistles learned to make powerful figures like Paul. From Flemish masters, the artist learned to set his figures within a deep panoramic landscape.
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