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, an

anonymous master In art history, an anonymous master is an Old Master whose work is known, but whose name is lost. Renaissance Only in the Renaissance did individual artists in Western Europe acquire personalities known by their peers (some listed by Vasari in his ...

is an

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whose work is known, but whose name is lost.

Renaissance

Only in the Renaissance did individual artists in Western Europe acquire personalities known by their peers (some listed by

Vasari Giorgio Vasari (, also , ; 30 July 1511 – 27 June 1574) was an Italian Renaissance Master, who worked as a painter, architect, engineer, writer, and historian, who is best known for his work ''The Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculpt ...

in his ''

Lives of the Artists ''The Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects'' ( it, Le vite de' più eccellenti pittori, scultori, e architettori), often simply known as ''The Lives'' ( it, Le Vite), is a series of artist biographies written by 16th-ce ...

''), such as those known by: * Their true name or their father's name: **

Filippino Lippi Filippino Lippi (April 1457 – 18 April 1504) was an Italian painter working in Florence, Italy during the later years of the Early Renaissance and first few years of the High Renaissance. Biography Filippino Lippi was born in Prato, Tusc ...

after his father

Fra Filippo Lippi Filippo Lippi ( – 8 October 1469), also known as Lippo Lippi, was an Italian painter of the Quattrocento (15th century) and a Carmelite Priest. Biography Lippi was born in Florence in 1406 to Tommaso, a butcher, and his wife. He was orp ...

* A chosen

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, possibly linked to his birthplace or his father's trade: **

Giuliano da Sangallo Giuliano da Sangallo (c. 1445 – 1516) was an Italian sculptor, architect and military engineer active during the Italian Renaissance. He is known primarily for being the favored architect of Lorenzo de' Medici, his patron. In this role, Giulia ...

worked on the gate of Saint Gall **

Antonio del Pollaiuolo Antonio del Pollaiuolo ( , , ; 17 January 1429/14334 February 1498), also known as Antonio di Jacopo Pollaiuolo or Antonio Pollaiuolo (also spelled Pollaiolo), was an Italian painter, sculptor, engraver, and goldsmith during the Italian Renai ...

, after his father, a chicken farmer (pollo in Italian) **

Jacopo del Sellaio Jacopo del Sellaio (1441/42–1493), was an Italian painter of the early Renaissance, active in his native Florence. His real name was Jacopo di Arcangelo. He worked in an eclectic style based on those of Botticelli, Filippino Lippi, and Domenic ...

, after his father, a saddler (''sellier'') ** The

Della Robbia Della Robbia is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Luca della Robbia (1400–1481), Italian sculptor * Andrea della Robbia (1435–1525), Italian sculptor, nephew of Luca *Giovanni della Robbia (1469–1529), son of Andrea *Girola ...

s (after the Tuscan word ''robbia'', dyers'

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, and his father, the dyer

Luca della Robbia Luca della Robbia (, also , ; 1399/1400–1482) was an Italian Renaissance sculptor from Florence. Della Robbia is noted for his colorful, Tin-glazed pottery, tin-glazed terracotta statuary, a technique which he invented and passed on to his ne ...

) ** Masuccio Segondo, student of Masuccio Primo ** etc. * A surname attributed to him: ** Il Cronaca, who never stopped talking about the ruins he had seen in Rome **

Daniele da Volterra Daniele Ricciarelli (; 15094 April 1566), better known as Daniele da Volterra (, ), was a Mannerist Italian painter and sculptor. He is best remembered for his association with the late Michelangelo. Several of Daniele's most important works ...

, nicknamed ''Il Braghettone'' (the

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maker) for having censored nudes in paintings by adding cloths or branches, at the request of

Pope Paul IV Pope Paul IV, born Gian Pietro Carafa, C.R. ( la, Paulus IV; it, Paolo IV; 28 June 1476 – 18 August 1559) was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 23 May 1555 to his death in August 1559. While serving as pap ...

, for the madder colour he used as a ceramicist **

Masaccio Masaccio (, , ; December 21, 1401 – summer 1428), born Tommaso di Ser Giovanni di Simone, was a Florentine artist who is regarded as the first great Italian painter of the Quattrocento period of the Italian Renaissance. According to Vasari, ...

, known as the idiot ** etc. * A

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, whose generic name is given to works made by all its members: ** the Campionesi Masters, sculptors and builders of religious buildings (Ugo da Campione,

Bonino da Campione Bonino da Campione was an Italian sculptor in the Gothic art, Gothic style, active between 1350 and 1390. His name indicates that he was born in - or into a family originating in - Campione d'Italia, a Lombardy town in an enclave within Switzerla ...

, Giovanni da Campione, Zenone de Campione, Matteo da Campione)

20th-century problems of attribution

The idea of a named and recognised painter originated among art historians early in the 20th century, who were attributing works they recognised to known painters. They later went back on some of these attributions, renaming as anonymous the painters they had formerly named. One example is the case of

Pier Francesco Fiorentino Pier Francesco Fiorentino (1444/1445 – after 1497) was a 15th-century painter active in San Gimignano for much of his mature life, depicting religious-themed subjects. Biography Fiorentino was born in Florence, the son of the Florentine pai ...

, to whom

Bernard Berenson Bernard Berenson (June 26, 1865 – October 6, 1959) was an American art historian specializing in the Renaissance. His book ''The Drawings of the Florentine Painters'' was an international success. His wife Mary is thought to have had a large h ...

attributed a number of works which were later re-attributed to

Pseudo Pier Francesco Fiorentino Pier Francesco Fiorentino (1444/1445 – after 1497) was a 15th-century painter active in San Gimignano for much of his mature life, depicting religious-themed subjects. Biography Fiorentino was born in Florence, the son of the Florentine pai ...

, a Florence copyist. Some painters have even been described as anonymous (even many times like

Barthélemy Eyck Barthélemy, or Barthélémy is a French name, a cognate of Bartholomew (name), Bartholomew. Notable people with this name include: Given name * Barthélemy (explorer), French youth who accompanied the explorer de La Salle in 1687 * Barthélém ...

) before later being recognised. They thus held several names historically (those who are noted on the page devoted to them), although doubts continue surrounding some, such as Giovanni Gaddi (after 1333 – 1383) maybe the ''Master of the Misericordia dell’Accademia''.

Artists

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Master of 1302 The so-called Master of 1302 was an Italian painter active in Emilia (region of Italy), Emilia in the first half of the 14th century. His works were basically Gothic art, Gothic in style, with modernized touches; his name comes from a set of vo ...

Master of 1310 The Master of 1310 was an Italian painter active in Pistoia at the end of the 13th into the beginning of the fourteenth century. His name is derived from an altarpiece depicting the ''Madonna and Child with Angels and the Commandant Filippo Paci' ...

Master of 1328 The Master of 1328 was an Italian illuminator active in the area around Bologna from about 1320 until 1340. His name is derived from the date on a tradesman's register, the ''Matricola dei merciai'', now in the Civic Museum in Bologna; his han ...

Master of 1342 The Master of 1342 was a Spanish painterMaster of 1499 *

Master of the 1540s The Master of the 1540s was a South Netherlandish painter active between 1541 and 1551. About thirty portraits dating to that decade have been ascribed to them; the identity of one of the sitters, Gillis van Shoonbeke (guardian of the hospital ...

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Master of Alkmaar The Master of Alkmaar was a Dutch painter active around Alkmaar at the beginning of the sixteenth century. Their name is derived from a series of panel paintings from the church of Saint Lawrence in that city, dated to 1504 and showing the Seve ...

Master of Ambrass The Master of Ambrass was a Bohemian painter active probably in Prague at the end of the fourteenth century. He was the creator of the ''Wiener Musterbuch'', a set of silverpoint studies and subjects all dated to the same period, which were used ...

Master of Amiens Master or masters may refer to: Ranks or titles * Ascended master, a term used in the Theosophical religious tradition to refer to spiritually enlightened beings who in past incarnations were ordinary humans * Grandmaster (chess), National Maste ...

* Master of the Antiphonal Q of San Giorgio Maggiore *

Master of Antoine de Bourgogne The Master of Anthony of Burgundy was a Flemish miniature painter active in Bruges between about 1460 and 1490, apparently running a large workshop, and producing some of the most sophisticated work of the final flowering of Flemish illumination ...

* Master of Arguis * Master of Ávila * Master of the Altarpiece of the Ten Commandments * Master of the Aquisgrana Altarpiece *

Master of the Annunciation to the Shepherds The Master of the Annunciation to the Shepherds was an anonymous master active in Naples, around 1620-1640. The Master's body of work was first identified by August L Mayer in the 1920s and connected to a group of works depicting the Annuncia ...

* Master of Astorga * Master of the Assisi Choirbooks

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Master of Badia a Isola The Master of Badia a Isola was an Italian painter. His name is taken from a depiction of the Madonna and Child that hangs in the Badia dei Santi Salvatore e Cirino in Abbadia a Isola, located near Monteriggioni, a comune in the province of Si ...

Master of the Bamberg Altar The Master of the Bamberg Altar (''fl''. ca. 1420–1440) was a German painter active in the Nuremberg area. His name is derived from an altarpiece depicting scenes from the Passion, painted in 1429 for the Franciscan church in Bamberg; this m ...

* Master of the Bardi Saint Francis * Becerril Master *

Bedford Master The Bedford Master was a manuscript illuminator active in Paris during the fifteenth century. He is named for the work he did on two books illustrated for John of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Bedford between 1415 and 1435. One is the Bedford Hours, ...

Master of the Beighem Altarpiece The Master of the Beighem Altarpiece is a little-known Flemish painter who was active in Brussels during the first third of the sixteenth century. Their art is basically Gothic, with classical influences. Their name comes from a series of 4 pai ...

Master of the Berswordt Altar The Master of the Berswordt Altar (sometimes called the Master of the Crucifixion in the Marienkirche at Dortmund) was a German painter, active in the area around Dortmund during the 14th and 15th centuries. A number of works around Westphalia ...

* First Master of the Bible Historiale of Jean de Berry * Bigallo Master *

Master of the Blue Crucifixes The Master of the Blue Crucifixes was an Italian artist active either in the region of Umbria or Emilia during the middle of the thirteenth century. He is associated with the Basilica of San Francesco d'Assisi, and may have been an assistant of ...

Master of the Brunswick Diptych Master or masters may refer to: Ranks or titles * Ascended master, a term used in the Theosophical religious tradition to refer to spiritually enlightened beings who in past incarnations were ordinary humans * Grandmaster (chess), National Maste ...

* Brunswick Monogrammist * Master of the Brussels Initials *

Byzantine Master of the Crucifix of Pisa The Crucifix of Pisa is a painting of the crucifixion painted on wood panel, dating to sometime around 1230 and currently in the Museo nazionale di San Matteo, Pisa, Italy. Its anonymous author is referred to as the Byzantine Master of the Crucifix ...

Master of the Bützow Altarpiece The Master of the Bützow Altarpiece was a German painter, active in the area around Lübeck around 1500 and influenced by the work of Wilm Dedeke. They are named for a major altarpiece painted for the church of Bützow, still held in the ambu ...

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* City of Ladies Master and his studio of illuminators of ''

The Book of the City of Ladies ''The Book of the City of Ladies'' or ''Le Livre de la Cité des Dames'' (finished by 1405), is perhaps Christine de Pizan's most famous literary work, and it is her second work of lengthy prose. Pizan uses the vernacular French language to comp ...

'' by

Christine de Pisan Christine de Pizan or Pisan (), born Cristina da Pizzano (September 1364 – c. 1430), was an Italian poet and court writer for King Charles VI of France and several French dukes. Christine de Pizan served as a court writer in medieval France ...

Master of Cabestany The Master of Cabestany is the name given to an anonymous sculptor active in the second half of the 12th century. He was identified in the 1930s after the discovery of several pieces remarkable for their workmanship and their style; chief among t ...

* Master of the Cappella di San Nicola *

Master of the Cappella Medici Polyptych The Master of the Cappella Medici Polyptych (sometimes called the Master of Terenzano) was an Italian painter active between about 1315 and 1335. Identified in the twentieth century by Bernard Berenson as the Master of Terenzano, the Master was r ...

Master of the Cassone degli Adimari Master or masters may refer to: Ranks or titles * Ascended master, a term used in the Theosophical religious tradition to refer to spiritually enlightened beings who in past incarnations were ordinary humans *Grandmaster (chess), National Master ...

, probably Lo Scheggia, brother of

* Master of the Cassoni Campana, builder of ''

cassone A cassone (plural ''cassoni'') or marriage chest is a rich and showy Italian type of chest, which may be inlaid or carved, prepared with gesso ground then painted and gilded. ''Pastiglia'' was decoration in low relief carved or moulded in gesso ...

'' * Master of Crea * Campionesi Masters *

Master of Castelsardo The Master of Castelsardo was a painter active in Sardinia at the end of the 15th and the beginning of the sixteenth century. His name comes from a painting of the Madonna and Child currently in the cathedral of Castelsardo; other than that, th ...

* Master of Castelseprio, fresco painter at Santa Maria Foris Portas at Castelseprio, in the

province of Varese The province of Varese ( it, provincia di Varese) is a Provinces of Italy, province in the region of Lombardy in northern Italy. Its capital is the city of Varese (population of 80,857 inhabitants), but its largest city is Busto Arsizio. The head ...

. * Master of the Castello della Manta *

Chief Associate of the Bedford Master The Dunois Master, also called Chief Associate of the Bedford Master was a French manuscript illuminator believed to have been active between about 1430 and about 1465. His name comes from a book of hours made for Jean de Dunois now in the Brit ...

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Dipylon Master The Dipylon Master was an ancient Greek vase painter who was active from around 760–750 BC. He worked in Athens, where he and his workshop produced large funerary vessels for those interred in the Dipylon Gate cemetery, whence his name comes. ...

* Master of the Darmstädter Passion * Master of the Darup Altarpiece *

Master of Delft The Master of Delft ( fl –1520) was a Dutch painter of the final period of Early Netherlandish painting, whose name is unknown. He may have been born around 1470. The notname was first used in 1913 by Max Jakob Friedländer, in describing the ...

* Masters of Dirc van Delf * Master of the Death of the Virgin (engraver) * Master of the Death of the Virgin (painter) *

Master of the Drapery Studies The Master of the Drapery Studies (german: Meister der Gewandstudien), also known as Master of the Coburg Roundels (german: Meister der Coburger Rundblätter) is the notname given to the "very productive" and "multifaceted" late 15th-century aut ...

(also known as Master of the Coburg Roundels)

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Elmelunde Master The Elmelunde Master, Danish ''Elmelundemesteren'', is the designation given to the nameless 16th-century artist who painted the frescos in the churches of Elmelunde, Fanefjord and Keldby on the island of Møn in south-eastern Denmark. The n ...

* Master of the Embroidered Foliage *

Master E. S. Master E. S. (c. 1420 – c. 1468; previously known as the ''Master of 1466'') is an unidentified German engraver, goldsmith, and printmaker of the late Gothic period. He was the first major German artist of old master prints and was gre ...

* Expressionist Master of Santa Chiara

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* Master of the Female Half-Lengths * Master of the Franciscan Crucifixions (13th century) *

Master of Frankfurt The Master of Frankfurt (1460–c. 1533) was a Flemish Renaissance painter active in Antwerp between about 1480 and 1520.Stephen H. Goddard, "Master of Frankfurt," ''Grove Art Online'', Oxford University Press ccessed 9 April 2008/ref>Kate Chall ...

* Master of the Fresco of the Twelve Moons, north Italy, painter of a secular fresco of the late 14th century (1391–1407) at Trente, in a room of the ''Tower of Eagles'' of the Castello del Buonconsiglio. *

Master of the Friedberg Altarpiece The Master of the Friedberg Altarpiece (german: Meister des Friedberger Altars) was an otherwise unknown German painter, active at the end of the fourteenth century. He is named for an altarpiece painted for the church of Saint Mary in Friedb ...

* Master of the Fröndenberger Altarpiece *

Master of the Furies Master of the Furies is the provisional name of an ivory sculptor working in the early 17th century. The name is derived from their characteristic work, showing shouting furies, in the Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna en, Viennese , is ...

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* Master of the Gardens of Love *

Master of the Gardner Annunciation Piermatteo de' Manfredi da Amelia (circa 1445 - died 1503/1508) was an Italian painter of the Renaissance art, Renaissance period. Biography Piermatteo was born in Amelia, Umbria, Amelia, in Umbria. He is first recorded as being part of the cir ...

Master of the Gerona Martyrology The Master of the Gerona Martyrology was a Bohemian painter active at the end of the fourteenth century. His output is fairly poorly known; some historians have conflated him with either the Master of Ambrass or the Master of the Rajhrad Altarpie ...

Master of the Golden Altar The Master of the Golden Altar was a German painter, active in the area around Lüneburg during the fifteenth century. His name is derived from an altarpiece dating most likely to 1418, formerly in St. Michael's church in Lüneburg and n ...

* Master of the Graudenz Altarpiece *

Master of the Greenville Tondo The Master of the Greenville Tondo is the notname for an Italian painter who was active between ca. 1454 and 1513. He is named after a tondo (art), tondo in the Bob Jones University Museum & Gallery in Greenville, South Carolina. He was probably ...

* Master of the Grigg Crucifixion *

Master of the Gubbio Cross The Master of the Gubbio Cross was the name given to an Umbrian painter active between about 1285 and about 1320. He appears to have been familiar with the artists working at the Basilica of San Francesco d'Assisi, and some of his work bears a ...

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Master of the Hallein Altar Master or masters may refer to: Ranks or titles * Ascended master, a term used in the Theosophical religious tradition to refer to spiritually enlightened beings who in past incarnations were ordinary humans *Grandmaster (chess), National Master ...

Master of Heiligenkreuz The Master of Heiligenkreuz was an Austrian painter active at the beginning of the 15th century; a tentative lifespan of 1395 to 1430 has been put forth but this appears highly conjectural. His name is taken from a diptych that once belonged to t ...

Master of the Heisterbach Altarpiece The Master of the Heisterbach Altarpiece was a German painter active around Cologne between 1440 and 1460. Style The work of the Master of the Heisterbach Altarpiece shows traces of the influence of Stefan Lochner, duly following his compo ...

* Master of the High Altar of Szmrecsány * Master of Hohenfurth, an alternate name for the Master of Vyšší Brod * Master of the Housebook

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Master I. A. M. of Zwolle Master I. A. M. of Zwolle (known works 1470–1490, lifetime estimated as ca. 1440–1504

Illustratore The Illustratore was an Italian illuminator active between 1330 and 1347.Master of the Imhoff Altar The Master of the Imhoff Altar (''fl''. c. 1410–1420) was a German painter. His name comes from an altarpiece, dating to between 1418 and 1422, commissioned by Konrad Imhoff for the Lorenzkirche in Nuremberg. Only the central panel, depicti ...

* Isaac Master * Master of the Iserlohn Altarpiece

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Master of James IV of Scotland __NOTOC__ The Master of James IV of Scotland (''fl.'' ca. 1485 – ca. 1526) was a Flemish manuscript illuminator and painter most likely based in Ghent, or perhaps Bruges. Circumstantial evidence, including several larger panel paintings, i ...

* Master of Jannecke Bollengier * Master of Jánosrét

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* Kirchdorf Master *

Master of the Karlsruhe Passion The Master of the Karlsruhe Passion is the notname of a German painter of the late Gothic period active in the Upper Rhine. Very influential on other painters in the region, he may be identified with the Strasbourg painter Hans Hirtz. He is name ...

* Master of the Khanenko Adoration

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Master of the Legend of the Magdalen The Master of the Legend of the Magdalen (sometimes called the Master of the Magdalen Legend) was an Early Netherlandish painter, active from about 1483 to around 1527. He has not been identified; his name of convenience is derived from a large, ...

Master of the (Bruges) legend of St. Ursula The Master of the Legend of St. Ursula (1436–1505) was a Flemish painter active in the fifteenth century. His name is derived from a polyptych depicting scenes from the life of Saint Ursula painted for the convent of the Black Sisters of Br ...

, Flemish, 15th century *

Master of the Legend of Saint Lucy Master of the Legend of Saint Lucy ( fl. 1480–1510) was an unidentified Early Netherlandish painter from Bruges. His name comes from an altarpiece in the church of Saint James in Bruges, dated 1480, depicting three scenes from the life of Sa ...

* Master of the Legend of the Holy Mother * Master of the Libro di casa *

Master of the Lippborg Passion The Master of the Lippborg Passion was a Westphalian artist active in the late Gothic style between the years 1470 and 1480. His name is taken from an altarpiece depicting the Passion that once stood in the church of Lippborg, and is now kept i ...

Master of the Litoměřice Altarpiece The Master of the Litoměřice Altarpiece was a Bohemian painter active from the end of the 15th century to the beginning of the 16th. Active in the International Gothic style, he was one of the first practitioners of Renaissance art north of th ...

* Master of the Llangattock Epiphany * Master of the Llangattock Hours *

Master of the Lübeck Bible Master of the Lübeck Bible (fl. c. 1485 – c. 1520) was a Flemish manuscript illuminator and printmaker. He is named for a series of woodcuts designed for a Bible printed at Lübeck, Germany in 1494. :de:Lübecker Bibel (1494) He has long ...

* Master of the Ludlow Annunciation

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Master of the Malchin Altar The Master of the Malchin Altar (German: Meister des Malchiner Altar) was a northern German Late Gothic painter who was active in Hamburg in the first half of the 15th century. The master acquired his pseudonym from the panels he painted for ...

* Master of Magione *

Master of the Marble Madonnas The Master of the Marble Madonnas was the name given to an unidentified sculptor, or perhaps group of sculptors, active in the Tuscan region of Italy between c. 1470 and c.1500. He is thought to have been responsible for a group of stylisticall ...

Master of Meßkirch The Master of Meßkirch (German: Meister von Meßkirch; active c. 1515 - 1540) was an anonymous German Renaissance painter. Biography The so-called Master of Meßkirch is named after the eleven altarpieces (one main altarpiece and ten auxiliar ...

* Master of the Mesi * Master of the Mornauer Portrait

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Master of the Louvre Nativity Master or masters may refer to: Ranks or titles * Ascended master, a term used in the Theosophical religious tradition to refer to spiritually enlightened beings who in past incarnations were ordinary humans * Grandmaster (chess), National Maste ...

, probably

Fra Diamante Fra Diamante (c. 1430 – c. 1498) was an Italian Renaissance painter. Biography Born at Prato, he was a Carmelite friar, a member of the Florentine community of that order, and was the friend and assistant of Filippo Lippi. The Carmelit ...

(according to

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Naumburg Master The Naumburg Master (a notname; german: Naumburger Meister or ) was an anonymous medieval stone sculptor. His works date to the middle of the 13th century, were executed over a career of more than thirty years, and are counted among the most import ...

, mid-13th-century sculptor * Master of Nördlingen * Northern Master

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Master of the Osservanza The Master of the Osservanza Triptych, also known as the Osservanza Master and as the Master of Osservanza, is the name given to an Italian painter of the Sienese School active about 1430 to 1450. The Italian scholar Roberto Longhi recognized t ...

, Sienna school, 15th century * Oltremontano Master * Master of the Ortenberg Altarpiece * Master of Otto van Moerdrecht (active c. 1420–30); Netherlandish illuminator * Master of Ozieri

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* Master of the Pähl Altarpiece * Master of the Pallant Altarpiece *

Master of Panzano Master or masters may refer to: Ranks or titles * Ascended master, a term used in the Theosophical religious tradition to refer to spiritually enlightened beings who in past incarnations were ordinary humans *Grandmaster (chess), National Master ...

Master of the Parement The Master of the Parement of Narbonne, often referred to more briefly as the Master of the Parement or Parement Master is the name given to an artist of uncertain identity who flourished in France in the late 14th century and early 15th centur ...

* Master of the Perkins Saint Paul *

Master of the Playing Cards The Master of the Playing Cards (german: Meister der Spielkarten) was the first major master in the history of printmaking. He was a German (or conceivably Swiss) engraver, and probably also a painter, active in southwestern Germany – proba ...

* Master of the Poldi-Pezzoli Diptychon *

Master of the Prayer Books of around 1500 The Master of the Prayer Books of around 1500 was a Flemish painter of illuminated manuscripts and miniatures active in Bruges from about 1485 until around 1520. His name is derived from a collection of devotional manuscripts from the same artist ...

Master of the Predella Master or masters may refer to: Ranks or titles * Ascended master, a term used in the Theosophical religious tradition to refer to spiritually enlightened beings who in past incarnations were ordinary humans * Grandmaster (chess), National Maste ...

Master of the Nicolas Puchner Altarpiece Master or masters may refer to: Ranks or titles * Ascended master, a term used in the Theosophical religious tradition to refer to spiritually enlightened beings who in past incarnations were ordinary humans *Grandmaster (chess), National Master ...

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Master of the Rajhrad Altarpiece The Master of the Rajhrad Altarpiece (sometimes called the Master of Raigern) was a Bohemian painter active in the region around Olomouc and Brno before 1420. Likely of Moravian extraction, he derives his name from an altarpiece that once hung in ...

* Master of the Re Alberto Altarpiece *

Master of the Rebel Angels The Master of the Rebel Angels is an Notname, anonymous master of the Sienese School, during the second quarter of the 14th century (Trecento). He is only known by two panel painting, panels of an ancient polyptych painted between 1340 and 1345. ...

, ''Maestro degli Angeli Ribelli'' of Siena; two paintings are in the

musée du Louvre The Louvre ( ), or the Louvre Museum ( ), is the world's most-visited museum, and an historic landmark in Paris, France. It is the home of some of the best-known works of art, including the ''Mona Lisa'' and the ''Venus de Milo''. A central l ...

* Master of the Regular Canons' Altarpiece * Master of the

Rohan Hours The Grandes Heures de Rohan (French: ''The Grand Hours of Rohan''; Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale, MS. Latin 9471; commonly known as The Rohan Hours) is an illuminated manuscript book of hours, painted by the anonymous artist known as the Rohan M ...

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Master of the Saint Augustine Altarpiece The Master of the Saint Augustine Altarpiece (sometimes called the Master of the Augustinians' Altarpiece) was a German painter active in Nuremberg during the second half of the 15th century. His work indicates familiarity with the work of bot ...

* Master of the Saint Bartholomew Altarpiece *

Master of Saint Cecilia The Master of St Cecilia is the notname given to an Italian painter active circa 1290 to 1320 in Florence and its environs.Hans M. Schmidt, et al. "Masters, anonymous, and monogrammists." Grove Art Online. Oxford Art Online. Oxford University Pres ...

Master of Saint Francis The Master of Saint Francis (in Italian ''Maestro di S. Francesco'') was an anonymous Italian painter, perhaps of Pisan origin though probably trained in Umbria, working between 1250–1280. His work embodies an important aspect of the Italo-Byz ...

Master of Saint Giles The Master of Saint Giles (french: Maître de Saint-Gilles) was a Franco-Flemish painter active, probably in Paris, about 1500, working in a delicate Late Gothic manner, with rendering of textures and light and faithful depictions of actual int ...

Master of Saint Veronica The Master of Saint Veronica (active c. 1400 – 1420), was a German painter working in the International Gothic style. He was active in Cologne and is known for his religious works.Cologne Cologne ( ; german: Köln ; ksh, Kölle ) is the largest city of the German western States of Germany, state of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) and the List of cities in Germany by population, fourth-most populous city of Germany with 1.1 m ...

, active to 1420 *

Master of Salzburg Master or masters may refer to: Ranks or titles * Ascended master, a term used in the Theosophical religious tradition to refer to spiritually enlightened beings who in past incarnations were ordinary humans * Grandmaster (chess), National Maste ...

Master of the Saint Lambrecht Votive Altarpiece The Master of the Saint Lambrecht Votive Altarpiece was an Austrian painter active between about 1410 and 1440. His name is derived from a panel, formerly in St. Lambrecht's Abbey in the village of Sankt Lambrecht in Styria. This, now in the A ...

* Master of the San Bartolomeo Altarpiece * Master of the San Giorgio Altarpiece * Master of San Martino alla Palma * Master of San Severino *

Master of the Santa Barbara Altarpiece Master or masters may refer to: Ranks or titles *Ascended master, a term used in the Theosophical religious tradition to refer to spiritually enlightened beings who in past incarnations were ordinary humans *Grandmaster (chess), National Master, ...

Master of Schloss Lichtenstein The Master of Schloss Lichtenstein (fl. c. 1430 – 1450) was an Austrian late Gothic painter. Works Nothing is known about the person who is today referred to as the Master of Schloss Lichtenstein. The name derives from Lichtenstein Castle in s ...

* Master of the Schotten Altarpiece *

Master of the Schöppingen Altarpiece The Master of the Schöppingen Altarpiece was a German artist active in the area around Münster between 1445 and 1470. It appears likely that he studied in the Netherlands, and was influenced by the work of Robert Campin and Rogier van der Wey ...

Master of Signa The Master of Signa refers to an anonymous 15th-century Italian painter active in the area of Signa, region of Tuscany, Italy. External links Signa Signa () is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Florence in the It ...

Master of the St. Louis Madonna Master or masters may refer to: Ranks or titles * Ascended master, a term used in the Theosophical religious tradition to refer to spiritually enlightened beings who in past incarnations were ordinary humans *Grandmaster (chess), National Master ...

* Master of the Staufen Altarpiece * Master of the Stauffenberg Altarpiece * Master of the Sterbini Diptych

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* Master of the Tavole Barberini *

Master of the Tennenbach Altar The Master of the Tennenbach Altar ( 1420–30), sometimes referred to as the Master of the Staufen Altar (german: Meister des Tennenbacher Altars; ''Meister des Staufener Altars''), was a Gothic painter active in the Upper Rhine in the second ...

* Master of the Terni Dormition *

Master of the Třeboň Altarpiece __NOTOC__ The Master of the Třeboň Altarpiece (german: Master of Wittingau) was a Bohemian painter active in Prague around 1380–1390. His name is derived from the Třeboň Altarpiece from the church of Saint Eligius at the Augustinian convent ...

* Master of Trognano *

Master of the Tucher Altarpiece The Master of the Tucher Altarpiece (''fl'' c. 1430–1450) was a German painter active in Nuremberg. His name is derived from a painting which has been in that city's Frauenkirche since the early 19th century; this has been known as the Tucher ...

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* Union Master * Upper Rhenish Master (also known as ''Master of the Frankfurt

Paradiesgärtlein The ''Paradiesgärtlein'' (''Garden of Paradise'') is a panel painting created around 1410 by an unknown painter referred to as '' Upper Rhenish Master''. It belongs to the ''Mary in the rose bower'' type. The ''Paradiesgärtlein'' is one of the ea ...

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* Master of the Vienna Adoration * Master of the Vienna ''Chroniques d'Angleterre'' *

Master of Vignola Master or masters may refer to: Ranks or titles * Ascended master, a term used in the Theosophical religious tradition to refer to spiritually enlightened beings who in past incarnations were ordinary humans * Grandmaster (chess), National Maste ...

Master of the Virgo inter Virgines The Master of the Virgo inter Virgines was an Early Netherlandish painter and designer of woodcuts active around Delft between 1483 and 1498. He is named for ''The Virgin and Child with Four Holy Virgins'', an altarpiece of the ''Virgin with Sain ...

Master of Vyšší Brod The Master of Vyšší Brod (also known as the Master of Hohenfurth, from the German name for the town of Vyšší Brod) was an anonymous Bohemian painter active around 1350. It seems likely that he was from Prague originally; an altarpiece for t ...

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* Master W. B. *

Master W with the Key Master W with the Key also known as Master WA and Master of the Housemark (active c. 1465–1490) was an anonymous Netherlandish engraver, who is thought to have been a goldsmith in Bruges. The name given to him refers to his monogram, which is ...

Master of the Washington Coronation The Master of the Washington Coronation is a poorly known Italian painter who was active in Venice around 1324. His name is derived from a panel painting of the Coronation of the Virgin, dated to that year and held in the collections of the Nat ...

* Master of Wavrin *

Master of the Weibermacht The Master of the Weibermacht (sometimes called the ''Master of 1462'') was a German engraver active in the Lower Rhine area between about 1450 and 1460. His name comes from the work for which he is best known, a large-format engraving of an o ...

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* Master of Zweder van Culemborg

Artists whose names have since been established

In recent years the names of a variety of artists who were formerly listed as "anonymous" have become known; accordingly scholarly writings and museum labels have been changed to reflect their new identities. Much the most famous of these is the Master of Flémalle (c 1378–1445), painter of the comté de Hainaut, who was established as

Robert Campin Robert Campin (c. 1375 – 26 April 1444), now usually identified with the Master of Flémalle (earlier the Master of the Merode Triptych, before the discovery of three other similar panels), was the first great master of Early Netherlandish paint ...

. Other examples include: *

Jehan Bellegambe Jehan Bellegambe or Jean Bellegambe (sometimes Belgamb or Belganb) (c. 1470c. June 1535/March 1536) was a French-speaking County of Flanders, Flemish painter of religious paintings, triptychs and polyptychs, the most important of which are now h ...

, sometimes called the "master of colours". * Master of 1419 – recognised as Battista di Biagio Sanguigni, having painted and dated in 1419 the central panel for a triptych executed for Santa Maria a Latera, broken up and dispersed * Master of the Chiostro degli Aranci – recognised as being Giovanni Consalvo, fresco painter at the monastery at

Badia Fiorentina The Badìa Fiorentina is an abbey and church now home to the Monastic Communities of Jerusalem situated on the Via del Proconsolo in the centre of Florence, Italy. Dante supposedly grew up across the street in what is now called the ' Casa di Dant ...

Barthélemy d'Eyck Barthélemy d'Eyck, van Eyck or d' Eyck ( 1420 – after 1470), was an Early Netherlandish artist who worked in France and probably in Duchy of Burgundy, Burgundy as a painter and manuscript illuminator. He was active between about 1440 to about ...

is the generally accepted as the painter known as the Master of the Aix Annunciation for paintings, and the Master of René of Anjou for illuminated manuscripts; he is also thought by many to be the Master of the Shadows * The Dombild Master, as

Stefan Lochner Stefan Lochner (the ''Dombild Master'' or ''Master Stefan''; c. 1410 – late 1451) was a German painter working in the late International Gothic period. His paintings combine that era's tendency toward long flowing lines and brilliant colours ...

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* in the introduction to his ''Le Sujet dans le tableau''. Champs Flammarion (1997) (2006) {{DEFAULTSORT:Anonymous Masters * Art history