The Master of Affligem or Master of the Joseph Sequence (working c. 1470–1500) was an accomplished painter of the South Netherlandish school, apparently working in

Brussels Brussels (french: Bruxelles or ; nl, Brussel ), officially the Brussels-Capital Region (All text and all but one graphic show the English name as Brussels-Capital Region.) (french: link=no, Région de Bruxelles-Capitale; nl, link=no, Bruss ...

, whose name is not known, but whose hand can be detected in a number of surviving paintings on panel. The pseudonym ''Master of the Joseph Sequence'' was given him as a name of convenience in 1923 by

Walter Friedländer Walter Ferdinand Friedlaender (March 10, 1873 – September 8, 1966) was a German art historian (who should not be confused with Max Jakob Friedländer). Walter Friedlaender was the son of Sigismund Friedlaender and Anna Joachimsthal. Born in Gl ...

, who identified a series of tondi illustrating the Legend of St Joseph, which had become scattered among several museums, as all coming from the same painter. Subsequently Friedländer attributed to the same workshop eight further panels with scenes from two other sequences, the Life of Christ and the Life of the Virgin (c. 1493–1508; Brussels, Musée d'Art Ancien) These came from the

abbey of Affligem Affligem Abbey ( nl, Abdij Affligem, french: Abbaye d'Affligem) is a Benedictine abbey in the municipality of Affligem, Flemish Brabant, Belgium, to the north-west of Brussels. Dedicated in 1086, it was the most important monastery in the Duch ...

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, providing the alternate name for the artist. The portraits of Philip the Handsome and Joanna the Mad on the wings of the ''Last Judgement'' triptych from

Zierikzee Zierikzee () is a small city in the southwest Netherlands, 50 km southwest of Rotterdam. It is situated in the municipality of Schouwen-Duiveland, Zeeland. The city hall of Schouwen-Duiveland is located in Zierikzee, its largest city. Zieri ...

(c. 1500,

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, ''illustrated'') and the wings of a ''Legend of St Barbara'', depicting ''Saint Barbara Directing the Construction of a Third Window to her tower'' and the ''Martyrdom of Saint Barbara'' in the

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, Baltimore, are also attributed to this artist.

Gallery

Image:Master of the Joseph Sequence - St Barbara Directing the Construction of a Third Window in Her Tower - Walters 37777.jpg, ''St Barbara Directing the Construction of a Third Window in Her Tower''. The Walters Art Museum File:Master of the Joseph Sequence - The Martyrdom of St Barbara - Walters 37778.jpg, ''The Martyrdom of St Barbara''. The Walters Art Museum

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Early Netherlandish painters

Affligem Affligem (; anciently written Afflighem) is a municipality located some west-north-west of Brussels in the Belgian province of Flemish Brabant, not far from the city of Aalst and the important railway junction of Denderleeuw. Affligem is sit ...

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