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German: Gothardt, Mathis Gothardt-Neithardt, Mathis Neithardt, Mathis Gothart Nithart, Matthias Grünewald
GRÜNEWALD, MATHIS. - Born probably in Aschaffenburg in the second half of the 15th century, active from 1500 to 1528 in the cities of the Middle Rhine, especially in Mainz, he was cited in 1531 by Melanchthon, alongside Dürer and Cranach, as one of the greatest German painters. Only one of his works is signed, and not with a monogram, and only recently was the identification of the artist with Mathis Gothardt-Neithardt proposed, on the basis of certain documents and of the will.
His early works, among them the Christ Mocked of 1503, which already reveals an absolute artistic coherence, show, above all through the use of light figures against a dark blue background, analogies with the works of Holbein the Elder, traces of Mantegnesque and Leonardesque influences, almost certainly filtered through the Flemish painting with which G. seems to be in close relation, especially through the love of the macabre and the fantastic that he derived from Bosch.
GRÜNEWALD, MATHIS - The Virgin and St. John. Detail of the Crucifixion of Isenheim (1512-16) - Colmar, Museum.(from E. Heidrich, Die Altdeutsche Malerei, Jena 1911, pl. 130)GRÜNEWALD, MATHIS - Christ Falls beneath the Cross, Karlsruhe, Picture Gallery.(by courtesy of Dr. B. Degenhart)
M. G. is in a certain sense the German painter furthest removed from the taste of the Italian Renaissance; his painting is characterized by a fervent colorism, by a realism at times brutal, and by an exceptional power of expression. Of his works there remain several drawings and 14 panels, among which the winged altarpiece of the collegiate church of Isenheim (1511), the Madonna of Stuppach (1517-19) and the Crucifixion of Aachen (1520) are deservedly famous.
Bibliography2 worksH. A. Schmid, s. v. in Thieme-Becker, XV, pp. 134-137 with bibliography: F. Knapp, G., Leipzig 1935; G. Nicco, Per l'interpretazione dell'ar
BIBL.: H. A. Schmid, s. v. in Thieme-Becker, XV, pp. 134-137 with bibliography: F. Knapp, G., Leipzig 1935; G. Nicco, Per l'interpretazione dell'arte di M. G., in L'arte, new series, 3 (1932), pp. 200-20.
Battisti, Eugenio. “Grünewald, mathis.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VI, coll. 1189–1190. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1951. https://azioneromana.com/article/grunewald-mathis.
MLA
Battisti, Eugenio. “Grünewald, mathis.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VI, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1951, coll. 1189–1190. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/grunewald-mathis.
BibTeX
@incollection{ec6_grunewald_mathis,
author = {Battisti, Eugenio},
title = {Grünewald, mathis},
booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
volume = {VI},
pages = {1189--1190},
note = {Cited by column},
publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
address = {Città del Vaticano},
year = {1951},
url = {https://azioneromana.com/article/grunewald-mathis}
}
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