Master of the Legend of Saint Lucy ( fl. 1480–1510) was an unidentified Early Netherlandish painter from

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. His name comes from an altarpiece in the church of Saint James in Bruges, dated 1480, depicting three scenes from the life of

Saint Lucy Lucia of Syracuse (283–304), also called Saint Lucia ( la, Sancta Lucia) better known as Saint Lucy, was a Roman people, Roman Christian martyr who died during the Diocletianic Persecution. She is venerated as a saint in the Catholic Church, ...

. Since then, twenty-five to thirty-five paintings have been attributed to the same hand. He may have trained

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students at his studio in Bruges. Many of his paintings are characterized by views of the city of Bruges in the background, and can be dated according to the level of construction of its belfry. He may have trained with

Dieric Bouts Dieric Bouts (born c. 1415 – 6 May 1475) was an Early Netherlandish painter. Bouts may have studied under Rogier van der Weyden, and his work was influenced by van der Weyden and Jan van Eyck. He worked in Leuven from 1457 (or possibly earlier) ...

, and was certainly influenced by

Hans Memling Hans Memling (also spelled Memlinc; c. 1430 – 11 August 1494) was a painter active in Flanders, who worked in the tradition of Early Netherlandish painting. He was born in the Middle Rhine region and probably spent his childhood in Mainz. He ...

. He has been associated with the Bruges master Fransois vanden Pitte, active in Bruges between 1453 and 1456.Openbaar Kunstbezit Vlaanderen: Uitzonderlijke Spaanse bruikleen te Brugge, 2016
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Bibliography

*D. de Vos, "Nieuwe toeschrijvingen aan de Meester van de Lucialegende, alias de Meester van de Rotterdamse Johannes op Patmos", ''Oud Holland'', XC, 1976, . *

Max Jakob Friedländer Max Jakob Friedländer (5 July 1867 in Berlin – 11 October 1958 in Amsterdam) was a German museum curator and art historian. He was a specialist in Early Netherlandish painting and the Northern Renaissance, who volunteered at the Kupferstichkab ...

, ''Early Netherlandish Painting, VI, Hans Memling and Gerard David'', New York, 1972. *D. Martens, "Der Brügger Meister der Lucialegende. Bilanz der Forschungen und neue Hypothesen", ''Die Kunstbeziehungen Estlands mit den Niederlanden in den 15.-17. Jahrhunderten. Der Marienaltar des Meisters der Lucialegende 500 Jahre in Tallinn'', Konferenz 25–26 September 1995, Tallinn, 2000, . *A. M. Roberts, ''The Master of the Legend of Saint Lucy: a catalogue and critical essay issertation', University of Pennsylvania, 1982. *N. Veronee-Verhaegen, "Le Maître de la Légende de sainte Lucie: précisions sur son œuvre", in ''Bulletin de l' Institut royal du Patrimoine artistique'', II, 1959, . *S. Zdanov, "Quelle identité pour le Maître de la Légende de sainte Lucie? Révision des hypothèses et proposition d'identification", in ''Koregos. Revue et encyclopédie multimédia des arts sous l'égide de l'Académie royale de Belgique'', 2013, 76

*Mänd, Anu. The Altarpiece of the Virgin Mary and the Confraternity of the Black Heads. - Acta Historiae Artium Balticae, 2 (2007) pp. 35-53

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Early Netherlandish painters Legend of Saint Lucy, Master of the Artists from Bruges {{Netherlandish-painter-stub