A coloured flower study by Martin Schongauer and the development of the depiction of nature from Van der Weyden to Dürer

Author

Koreny, Fritz

Document type

Article (journal)

Language

English

Source

Burlington magazine. 1991, Num. 1062, Vol. 133, p. 588-597, 23 ill. (2 col.)

ISSN

0007-6287

Abstract (en)

Attributes to Schongauer a watercolor Study of Peonies (private collection), and shows its repetition in Schongauer's 1473 painting Madonna of the Rose Garden (Colmar, Dominican church). Further demonstrates that Dürer employed Schongauer's nature study for his 1503 drawing Virgin and Child with a Multitude of Animals (Vienna, Albertina). Suggests that Dürer acquired the drawing from Schongauer's brothers after the artist's death. Argues that Schongauer's watercolor study marks the birth of the scientific depiction of nature in Germany.

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- 300-1400 -- Pictorial arts -- Painting and drawing -- Germany
• Schongauer, Martin, ca.1450-1491
• Drawing
• Study of Peonies
• Collections
• Preparatory drawing
• Germany
• 1400-1500
• Peonies
• Representation
• Nature
• Dominican church||Colmar (FRA)
• Painting
• Madonna of the Rose Bower
• Dürer, Albrecht, 1471-1528
• Madonna and Child with a Multitude of Animals
• Albertina||Wien (AUT)
• Science
• Weyden, Rogier van der, 1399/1400-1464
• Watercolor

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- 300-1400 -- Peinture et arts graphiques -- Peinture et dessin -- Allemagne
• Schongauer, Martin, v.1450-1491
• Dessin
• Etude de pivoines
• Collections
• Dessin préparatoire
• Allemagne
• 1400-1500
• Pivoine
• Représentation
• Nature
• église des dominicains||Colmar (FRA)
• Peinture
• Vierge au buisson de roses
• Dürer, Albrecht, 1471-1528
• Vierge à l'enfant avec un grand nombre d'animaux
• Albertina||Wien (AUT)
• Sciences
• Weyden, Rogier van der, 1399/1400-1464
• Aquarelle

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19920701-00427342

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