Artist
Master of Saint-Germain-des-Prés
b. 1450
Master of Saint-Germain-des-Prés is a Northern Renaissance artist. 1 work is cataloged here, principally at Museum of Fine Arts of Lyon.
This shadowy artist, we don’t even know his name, painted stiff, doll-like figures staring out of gold-leaf skies like extras in a medieval pageant. His Climbing of the Calvaire (1505) piles those awkward bodies onto a ladder of sorrow, every step a halting pose. Hunt it down on your phone, then zoom in on the guy in the green hat who looks like he’s just realized he forgot his lunch; that’s the moment the whole painting clicks.
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