Master of the Tiburtine Sibyl

Early Netherlandish painter

The Master of the Tiburtine Sibyl (fl. 1475–1495) was an unidentified Early Netherlandish painter, probably from Haarlem, named after The Tiburtine Sibyl meets Augustus, a work in the Städel in Frankfurt.

Identification

The artist was first recognized and named by German art historian Max Jakob Friedländer, who specialized in Early Netherlandish painting. Speculation on which known painter he may be identified with has so far been fruitless. He is supposed to have been trained first in Leuven, probably with Dieric Bouts,^[1] and later in Haarlem, with some of his works, like the Tiburtine Sibyl, showing clear influences of Geertgen tot Sint Jans.^[2]^[3] Some works which were earlier attributed to the Master of the Tiburtine Sibyl are now attributed to unknown followers of Bouts.^[4] Art historian Wilhelm Valentiner identified the Master with Albert van Ouwater, but this identification is now rejected.^[1]

The Master of the Tiburtine Sibyl influenced some later painters like Gerard David, whose Arrest of Sisamnes shows clear resemblances to The Tiburtine Sibyl meets Augustus.^[3] Also some woodcuts by the early book illustrator, the Master of Jacob Bellaert, show clear influences of the Master of the Tiburtine Sibyl, with some authors even suggesting that they were the same artist.^[1]^[5]

Works

The Tiburtine Sibyl meets Augustus, c. 1475–1480, now in the Städel
Resurrection of Lazarus, c. 1480, now in the Museo Nacional de San Carlos
Crucifixion, c. 1485, in the Detroit Institute of Arts
Kempen Altar, a triptych (with the central panel missing) depicting the Presentation of the Virgin when closed, and a Nativity and Circumcision of Christ when opened
Marriage of the Virgin, now in the Philadelphia Museum of Art
Madonna and Child and Ste Anne, now in the Princeton University Art Museum

Resurrection of Lazarus, c. 1480
Crucifixion, c. 1485
The Kempen Altar, back of the wings
The Kempen Altar, front of the wings
Marriage of the Virgin
Madonna and Child and Ste Anne

Notes

^ ^a ^b ^c Snyder, James E. (1988). "Ouwater and the Master of the Tiburtine Sibyl". The Art Bulletin. 42 (1): 39–55. doi:10.2307/3047874. JSTOR 3047874.
^ Fredricksen, Burton B. (1981). "A Flemish Deposition of ca. 1500". The J. Paul Getty Museum Journal. 9: 133–156. ISBN 9780892360321. Retrieved 21 May 2014.
^ ^a ^b Wynn, Maryan (1988). Gerard David: Purity of Vision in an Age of Transition. Metropolitan Museum of Art. p. 63. ISBN 9780870998775.
^ "Meester van de Tiburtijnse Sibylle". RKD. Retrieved 21 May 2014.
^ "Master of Jacob Bellaert". Oxford University Press. Retrieved 21 May 2014.