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 '' Lives of the Artists''), such as those known by: * Their true name or their father's name: ** Filippino Lippi after his father Fra Filippo Lippi * A chosen pseudonym, possibly linked to his birthplace or his father's trade: ** Giuliano da Sangallo worked on the gate of Saint Gall ** Antonio del Pollaiuolo, 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 Robbias (after the Tuscan word ''robbia'', dyers'

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, and his father, the dyer Luca della Robbia) **

Masuccio Segondo Masuccio Segondo (1291–1387) was an Italian architect of the 14th century period, active in Naples. He was born to Pietro degli Stefani, but was the godson to Masuccio Primo, hence his name. He traveled to Rome for some years. King Robert of Nap ...

, student of

Masuccio Primo Masuccio Primo (or Masuccio I) (1230–1306) was an Italian architect and sculptor of the 13th century, and was active in Naples Naples (; it, Napoli ; nap, Napule ), from grc, Νεάπολις, Neápolis, lit=new city. is the regional cap ...

** 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 breeches maker) for having censored nudes in paintings by adding cloths or branches, at the request of Pope Paul IV ** Luca della Robbia, 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 corporation, 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 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

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) 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''.

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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 *

Master of 1342 The Master of 1342 was a Spanish painter Master of 1499 The Master of 1499, sometimes called the Bruges Master of 1499, was a Flemish painter active at the end of the fifteenth century, known from four paintings, all closely related to earlier works by others, and one dated "1499". It appears likely t ...

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 The Master of the Antiphonal Q of San Giorgio Maggiore was an Italian painter of illuminated manuscripts active in the north Italy, northern region, especially around Venice and possibly around Verona, between 1440 and 1470. His name is derived ...

Master of Antoine de Bourgogne The Master of Anthony of Burgundy was a Flanders, Flemish illuminated manuscript, 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 f ...

Master of Arguis The Master of Arguis was an Aragonese artist active in the first half of the 15th century. Stylistically, his work is related to that of Juan de Levi and Bonanat Zaortiga, and is derived from the tradition of the International Gothic in Aragon. ...

Master of Ávila The Master of Ávila, a painter in the Flemish style of Fernando Gallego, was active in Ávila Ávila (, , ) is a city of Spain located in the autonomous community of Castile and León. It is the capital and most populated municipality of th ...

Master of the Altarpiece of the Ten Commandments The Master of the Altarpiece of the Ten Commandments (german: Meister der Zehngebotetafel) was a German painter active in the region of Göttingen at the beginning of the fifteenth century. His name is derived from a portable altarpiece, depict ...

Master of the Aquisgrana 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 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 The Master of the Assisi Choirbooks was an Italian manuscript illuminator active during the last quarter of the thirteenth century. Umbrian or Roman in origin, he is associated with work done for the Basilica of San Francesco d'Assisi The Basil ...

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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 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 ...

Becerril Master Becerril or Becerril de Campos is a town and municipality of the Colombian Department of Cesar. Geography The municipality of Becerril borders to the east with the country of Venezuela where the Serranía del Perijá mountain ranges is shared, ...

* Bedford Master *

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 *

First Master of the Bible Historiale of Jean de Berry The Ravenelle Painter, also known as the Master of the Book of Hours of Johannete Ravenelle, the Ravenelle Master or the First Master of the Bible Historiale of Jean de Berry, was a French illuminated manuscript, manuscript illuminator active be ...

* 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 The Brunswick Monogrammist was an anonymous Netherlandish painter, active in the mid-to-late 16th century. He (or she) painted religious scenes but also several scenes of secular merriment, including brothel and tavern scenes, and has been called ...

Master of the Brussels Initials The Master of the Brussels Initials ( c. 1390–1410), previously identified with Zebo da Firenze, was a manuscript illuminator active mainly in Paris. He brought Italian influences to French manuscript illumination and in that way played an impor ...

* Byzantine Master of the Crucifix of Pisa *

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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and his studio of illuminators of '' The Book of the City of Ladies'' 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 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 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 ...

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 Giovanni di Ser Giovanni, (1406 – 1486) also known as Lo Scheggia, or "the Splinter" was an Italian painter who was born in San Giovanni Valdarno and was brother to the famous Masaccio. Biography Born in San Giovanni in Altura, now San Gi ...

, brother of

* Master of the Cassoni Campana, builder of '' cassone'' *

Master of Crea Maestro della Cappella di Santa Margherita a Crea, or more simply Maestro di Crea, is the name given to the anonymous Italy, Italian painter who was engaged by Guglielmo VIII Paleologo, Marquis of Montferrat, to decorate the chapel of Santa Margh ...

* 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, the ...

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

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Master of the Castello della Manta 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 ...

* Chief Associate of the Bedford Master

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* Dipylon Master *

Master of the Darmstädter Passion 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 Darup Altarpiece The Master of the Darup Altarpiece, sometimes called the Master of Darup, was an anonymous German painter active in Westphalia around 1430. His work is influenced by that of Conrad von Soest; his name is derived from the altarpiece in the pari ...

* Master of Delft *

Masters of Dirc van Delf The Masters of Dirc van Delf were a group of manuscript painters active in the Netherlands between 1400 and around 1410. The name has been appended to several unknown artists who together make up an important studio of illuminators, one of the fir ...

Master of the Death of the Virgin (engraver) The Master of the Death of the Virgin (''fl.'' c. 1440–1450) was an engraver, probably active in what is now southern Germany. Approximately ten prints have been ascribed to him, including a ''Death of the Virgin'' for which he was named. He ...

Master of the Death of the Virgin (painter) Joos van Cleve (; also Joos van der Beke; c. 1485–1490 – 1540/1541) was a leading painter active in Antwerp from his arrival there around 1511 until his death in 1540 or 1541. Within Dutch and Flemish Renaissance painting, he combines the tra ...

* Master of the Drapery Studies (also known as Master of the Coburg Roundels)

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* Elmelunde Master *

Master of the Embroidered Foliage The Master of the Embroidered Foliage (active – ) is the Notname for an Early Netherlandish painter or a group of painters who worked out of Bruges and Brussels. In 1926 the German art historian Max Jakob Friedländer attributed a group of ...

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 The Expressionist Master of Santa Chiara was an Umbrian painter active between about 1290 and around 1330. He has been identified as one of Giotto's principal followers; some contend that his hand may be identified in a series of frescos attribut ...

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Master of the Female Half-Lengths The Master of the Female Half-Lengths (sometimes referred to as Master of the Half-Lengths)

Master of the Franciscan Crucifixions 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 ...

(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 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 ...

, north Italy, painter of a secular fresco of the late 14th century (1391–1407) at

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, 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 The Master of the Gardens of Love (''fl.'' ca. 1430-1440/45) was a Netherlands (terminology)#Netherlandish, Netherlandish engraving, engraver. One of the earliest practitioners of copper engraving, his name is derived from a pair of depictions of G ...

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

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 Altarpiec ...

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 ...

Master of the Graudenz Altarpiece The Master of the Grudziądz Altarpiece was a Bohemian artist,Jan Royt, ''Medieval Painting in Bohemia'', Karolinum Press, Praha 2003, p. 100 active at the end of the 14th and the beginning of the 15th century. His name is derived from an altarp ...

* Master of the Greenville Tondo *

Master of the Grigg Crucifixion 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 Gubbio Cross

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* Master of the Hallein Altar *

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 *

Master of the High Altar of Szmrecsány 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 Hohenfurth 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 ...

, an alternate name for the Master of Vyšší Brod *

Master of the Housebook Master of the Housebook and Master of the Amsterdam Cabinet are two names used for an engraver and painter working in South Germany in the last quarter of the 15th century. He is apparently the first artist to use drypoint, a form of engraving ...

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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

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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 The Master of the Iserlohn Altarpiece was a German painter, active in Westphalia during the first third of the fifteenth century. His work shows traces of the influence of Robert Campin. His name is derived from an altarpiece in St. Mary's Ch ...

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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 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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Kirchdorf Master The Kirchdrauf Master was an anonymous painter active between 1480 and 1490. His provisional name derives from an altarpiece he painted for the Cathedral of Saint Martin in Spišská Kapitula, in the town of Kirchdrauf. He worked in the late Go ...

* Master of the Karlsruhe Passion *

Master of the Khanenko Adoration The Master of the Khanenko Adoration was a Flemish painter active at the end of the fifteenth century. His style is influenced by those of Hugo van der Goes, Hans Memling, and Robert Campin; additionally, echoes of the work of Joachim Patinir a ...

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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 ...

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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 Sai ...

Master of the Legend of the Holy Mother 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 Libro di casa 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 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 The Master of the Llangattock Epiphany was a Flemish manuscript painter active between 1450 and 1460. He is one of at least eight artists who contributed to a Book of Hours, the ''Llangattock Hours'', now in the J. Paul Getty Museum collectio ...

Master of the Llangattock Hours The Master of the Llangattock Hours was a Flemish manuscript painter active between 1450 and 1460. He is one of at least eight artists who contributed to the '' Llangattock Hours'', a book of hours now in the J. Paul Getty Museum collection; h ...

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 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 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 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 Marble Madonnas *

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 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 Mornauer Portrait The Master of the Mornauer Portrait was a 15th-century German portrait painter active in Bavaria or Tyrol about 1460–1488. His notname is based on the ''Portrait of Alexander Mornauer'' now in the National Gallery, London. He was previously id ...

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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 Master ...

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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 Bernard Berenson) * Naumburg Master, mid-13th-century sculptor *

Master of Nördlingen The Master of Nördlingen was a German woodcarver active in Nördlingen in the 1460s. His name comes from a group of wooden sculptures carved for the high altar of the Georgskirche in Nördlingen; these depict the Crucifixion, with figures of the ...

Northern Master The Northern Master was an anonymous artist in the late 13th century who worked in the Upper Church of the Basilica of Saint Francis of Assisi. Although his precise origin is unknown, he is thought to be of French, German, or English origin. He ...

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* Master of the Osservanza, Sienna school, 15th century * Oltremontano Master *

Master of the Ortenberg Altarpiece The Master of the Ortenberg Altarpiece was an anonymous German painter, active in Mainz during the first third of the fifteenth century. His work shows traces of the influence of Robert Campin. His name is derived from an altarpiece painted b ...

Master of Otto van Moerdrecht 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 ...

(active c. 1420–30); Netherlandish illuminator *

Master of Ozieri The Master of Ozieri (), identified by some scholars as Andrea Sanna, although his precise identity is not yet known, was an Italian painter from Sardinia and head teacher of a Mannerist movement born and developed in Logudoro during the first hal ...

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Master of the Pähl Altarpiece The Master of the Pähl Altarpiece (german: Meister des Pähler Altars) was an anonymous Gothic painter, known for the winged altar or triptych he painted for Schloss Pähl in Pähl in the Weilheim-Schongau Weilheim-Schongau is a ''Landkreis' ...

* 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 The Master of the Perkins Saint Paul was an Italian artist active during the third quarter of the fourteenth century. His origins are uncertain; he is believed to have been Tuscan, and has tentatively been linked by some historians with the city ...

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 i ...

Master of the Re Alberto 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 the Rebel Angels, ''Maestro degli Angeli Ribelli'' of Siena; two paintings are in the musée du Louvre *

Master of the Regular Canons' Altarpiece The Master of the Regular Canons' Altarpiece was a German painter, active in the area around Erfurt during the fifteenth century. He is named for an altarpiece painted for the church of the regular canons in Erfurt, dated to between 1450 and ...

* 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 *

Master of the Saint Bartholomew Altarpiece The Master of the Saint Bartholomew Altarpiece (sometimes called the Master of the Saint Bartholomew Altar,) was an Early Netherlandish painter active in Germany, mostly Cologne, between 1475/1480 and 1510. Despite his anonymity, he is one of the ...

* Master of Saint Cecilia *

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 *

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, 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 *

Master of the San Bartolomeo 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 the San Giorgio 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 San Martino alla Palma The Master of San Martino alla Palma (formerly called the Amico di Daddi) was a Florence, Florentine painter active during the first third of the fourteenth century. An immediate follower of Bernardo Daddi, he is named for an altarpiece in the p ...

Master of San Severino 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 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 The Master of the Schotten Altarpiece was a German painter, active in Nuremberg during the 14th and 15th centuries. His name is derived from an altarpiece An altarpiece is an artwork such as a painting, sculpture or relief representing a ...

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 of the Staufen Altarpiece 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 Stauffenberg Altarpiece The Master of the Stauffenberg Altarpiece (french: Maître du retable de Stauffenberg) is a 15th-century Anonymous masters, Anonymous Master from Alsace or nearby who was stylistically influenced by Rogier van der Weyden. His name derives from a ...

* Master of the Sterbini Diptych

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Master of the Tavole Barberini 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 Tennenbach Altar *

Master of the Terni Dormition 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 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 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 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 The Union Master ( da, Unionsmesteren), also Master of Undløse ( da, Undløsemesteren), is the name given to an anonymous artist active in the first half of the 15th century in Denmark and possibly Sweden, which were both part of the Kalmar Union ...

Upper Rhenish Master The denomination Upper Rhenish Master refers to an artist active ca. 1410–20 possibly in Strasbourg. The most famous painting of the artist is ''Paradiesgärtlein'' (''Little Garden of Paradise''), a mixed-technique painting on oakwood, 26.3 x ...

(also known as ''Master of the Frankfurt Paradiesgärtlein'')

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Master of the Vienna Adoration 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 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

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Master W. B. Master W. B. (fl. late 15th century in Mainz) was an anonymous German painter, engraver, and stained glass Stained glass is coloured glass as a material or works created from it. Throughout its thousand-year history, the term has been appl ...

* Master W with the Key *

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 The Maître de Wavrin, Master of Wavrin or Master of Jean Wavrin, Wavrin Master (and other variants), was a French painter and manuscript illuminator active in the region of Lille in the third quarter of the fifteenth century. His name is deri ...

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 The Master of Zweder van Culemborg (sometimes referred to as Master Pancracius) was a North Netherlands (terminology)#Netherlandish, Netherlandish painter of illuminated manuscripts active in the area around Utrecht (city), Utrecht between 1420 a ...

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 The County of Hainaut (french: Comté de Hainaut; nl, Graafschap Henegouwen; la, comitatus hanoniensis), sometimes spelled Hainault, was a territorial lordship within the medieval Holy Roman Empire that straddled what is now the border of Belg ...

, who was established as Robert Campin. 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 Giovanni may refer to: * Giovanni (name), an Italian male given name and surname * Giovanni (meteorology), a Web interface for users to analyze NASA's gridded data * ''Don Giovanni'', a 1787 opera by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, based on the legend of ...

, fresco painter at the monastery at Badia Fiorentina *

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 ...

Notes

Sources

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