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Master of the Housebook and Master of the Amsterdam Cabinet are two names used for an engraver and painter working in South Germany in the last quarter of the 15th century. He is apparently the first artist to use drypoint, a form of engraving, for all of his prints (other than woodcuts he may have designed). The first name derives from his book of drawings with watercolour, called the Housebook, which belonged to the German noble family of Waldburg-Wolfegg from the 17th century until 2008, when they were reported to have sold it for €20 million to a Swiss buyer.〔Wikinews story. (Full story in German )〕 However the legality of its sale for export has been challenged, and for the moment it remains with the family. In 1999, the book was loaned to the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. for an exhibition. () The majority of his surviving prints are in the print room at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, hence his second name. Most, but not all, art historians still agree that the Housebook and the prints are by the same artist.〔Timothy Husband,"The Master of the Amsterdam Cabinet"Burlington Magazine, Vol. 127, No. 987 (Jun., 1985), pp. 348+401-405〕 == Work == His ninety-one prints are extremely rare, with sixty surviving in one impression (copy) only, and none in more than five - there are a total of 124 impressions, 80 in Amsterdam.〔Filedt Kok, 91〕 It is thought that because his prints were made using only the shallow, scratched line of drypoint, probably on tin or a pewter-type alloy, only ten to twenty impressions of each could be taken before the plate wore out.〔Parshall, 5 and 23〕 Many engravings by other artists are believed to be copies of missing works by this master. In particular, Israhel van Meckenem seems to have copied more than thirty. His work is very well drawn and lively, with the interest in detail typical of Early Netherlandish painting.〔(NGA )〕 Arthur Mayger Hind notes of his style that "he is an artist with a freedom of draughtsmanship quite remarkable at this epoch. If his manner of engraving has something of the irregularity of an amateur, his power of expression is vigorous and masterly." A high proportion depicts secular subjects, more than is typical with artists of the period. Along with his contemporary Martin Schongauer, the Housebook Master was the leading artist making old master prints in Germany in his period. Both Schongauer and the Housebook Master had a considerable influence on the prints of Albrecht Dürer.〔Parshall, 311〕 The Master suggests Netherlandish influence in the modelling of light and shade and in some of his figural types. A small number of paintings are also thought to be his work, notably the ''Pair of Lovers'' in Gotha, the ''Speyer Altarpiece'' (divided among Gemäldegalerie, Berlin, the Städel, Frankfurt, and Augustiner Museum Freiburg, and the ''Holy Family'' (Nuremberg, Germanisches Nationalmuseum, since 2004). However, many scholars feel the Gotha ''Lovers'' and the ''Speyer Altarpiece'' cannot be by the same artist, and favour attributing only the ''Lovers'' to the Housebook Master. Others disagree, and attribute the engravings and the altarpiece to the same master.〔Bodo Brinkmann and Stephan Kemperdick, "Deutsche Gemälde im Städel 1300-1500". Mainz: Philipp von Zabern, 2002. ISBN 3-8053-2920-2〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Master of the Housebook」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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