MAGNIFICAT: THE COVER OF THE MONTH The Annunciation of the Lord by Pierre-Marie Dumont This Annunciation illustrates a prestigious illuminated manuscript commissioned around the year 1530 from Simon …More
MAGNIFICAT: THE COVER OF THE MONTH
The Annunciation of the Lord by Pierre-Marie Dumont
This Annunciation illustrates a prestigious illuminated manuscript commissioned around the year 1530 from Simon Bening (c. 1483–1561) by the powerful Cardinal Albrecht von Brandenburg (1490–1545), Archbishop of Mainz, a prince-elector and Archchancellor of the Germanic Holy Roman Empire. The cardinal was a friend and lavish patron of artists (notably of Cranach and Grünewald) and at first favored the reform of the Church demanded by the “Evangelicals” (so the Protestants were called in Germany), but ultimately he remained faithful to the Roman Catholic Church and took a stance as one of the most brilliant adversaries of Martin Luther (1483–1546).
Born at the time of the irresistible rise of printing (the Gutenberg Bible dates back to 1450) and the art of the woodcut that accompanied it, Simon Bening, a star of the school of Bruges (Belgium), performed the swan song of the miniature (a painting with …More
The Annunciation of the Lord by Pierre-Marie Dumont
This Annunciation illustrates a prestigious illuminated manuscript commissioned around the year 1530 from Simon Bening (c. 1483–1561) by the powerful Cardinal Albrecht von Brandenburg (1490–1545), Archbishop of Mainz, a prince-elector and Archchancellor of the Germanic Holy Roman Empire. The cardinal was a friend and lavish patron of artists (notably of Cranach and Grünewald) and at first favored the reform of the Church demanded by the “Evangelicals” (so the Protestants were called in Germany), but ultimately he remained faithful to the Roman Catholic Church and took a stance as one of the most brilliant adversaries of Martin Luther (1483–1546).
Born at the time of the irresistible rise of printing (the Gutenberg Bible dates back to 1450) and the art of the woodcut that accompanied it, Simon Bening, a star of the school of Bruges (Belgium), performed the swan song of the miniature (a painting with …More
