Nicolas Froment (c. 1435,
Uzès
Uzès (; ) is a commune in the Gard department in the Occitanie region of Southern France. In 2017, it had a population of 8,454. Uzès lies about north-northeast of Nîmes, west of Avignon and south-east of Alès.
History
Originally ''Uc ...
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Gard – c. 1486 in
Avignon) was a French painter of the
Early Renaissance
Renaissance art (1350 – 1620 AD) is the painting, sculpture, and decorative arts of the period of European history known as the Renaissance, which emerged as a distinct style in Italy in about AD 1400, in parallel with developments which occ ...
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Nicolas Froment is one of the most notable representatives of the Second School of Avignon, (''École d'Avignon''), a group of artists at the court of the
Popes in Avignon, who were located there from 1309 to 1411.
He was influenced by the Flemish style that characterizes the last phase of the Gothic.
He undertook to paint an altarpiece 12 February 1470 in Aix for a rich widow called Catherine Spifami; in the center of the panel is a depicting the ''Death of Mary'', and on the side panels, the Saints Mary Magdalene and Catherine are shown. He was attributed a number of works from this timetime, but none of these attributions can be considered reliable.
One of the most interesting work of this group is the ''Retable des Pérussis'' or ''The Pérussis Altarpiece'', depicts the adoration of the empty cross on Golgatha, and is located at the Metropolitan Museum in New York.
Works
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''The Resurrection of Lazarus'', triptych, (1461),
Florence
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Galleria degli Uffizi.
* ''The Matheron Diptych'', (v.1475), oil on canvas, 17 x 26 cm,
Paris
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Musée du Louvre
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* ''Le Buisson ardent'', triptych, (1475-1476), tempera on wood, 410 x 305 cm,
Aix-en-Provence,
cathédrale Saint-Sauveur.
* ''The Legend of
Saint Mitre
Mitre (433–466) was a Catholic saint, who was born in Thessaloniki, Greece, and died in Aix-en-Provence.
Biography
According to the legend, '', (about 1470), oil on wood, Aix-en-Provence, cathédrale Saint-Sauveur.
File:Nicolas Froment 001.jpg, Christ and Saint Martha
Left panel of ''The Resurrection of Lazarus''
File:Nicolas Froment 002.jpg, Central panel of the triptych ''The Resurrection of Lazarus''
File:Nicolas Froment 004.jpg, Lateral panels of the triptych ''The Burning Bush''
File:King Rene and Jeanne de Lavalle. Louvre.jpg, ''The Matheron diptych''
File:Circle of Nicolas Froment The Pérussis Altarpiece The Metropolitan Museum of Art.jpg, Circle of Nicolas Froment, The Pérussis Altarpiece, The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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References
See also
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Early Renaissance painting
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1430s births
1480s deaths
People from Uzès
15th-century French painters
French male painters
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