Long-lost relations and new-found distinctions: Redefining Lübeck attributions for three late-medieval fragments from Norwegian churches

Noëlle Streeton, Elena Platania, Anna Vila , David Buti, Aoife Daly, Jørgen Wadum

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Abstract

A multidisciplinary research group set out to determine how three fragmentary religious objects from Norwegian churches relate to each other. These include a shrine from Bygland church (Agder county), painted wings from Røldal stave church (Vestland county) and an altarpiece from the medieval church at Skjervøy (Troms county). Earlier researchers had linked these objects to Lübeck workshops and based on repeated patterns on the painted wings, to the so-called “Master of the Jegher epitaph”. This chapter clarifies and problematizes these similarities and attributions by focusing on physical and chemical data, as well as historical contextualization. The data suggest chiefly that multiple painters, who had access to common patterns, were responsible for the wing panels, while separate boxmakers and sculptors produced the corpus boxes and other elements. The data and structural features point to a variety of craftspeople, working over quite a long period, probably well beyond the bounds of Lübeck. Although evidence for workshop locations is too ambiguous to interpret, what is clear is that groups of craftspeople met the needs of a Norwegian market that was not bound to north German regulations or patrons.
OriginalsprogDansk
TitelMedieval Church Art & Its Afterlife in Scandinavia : Tracing Material & Cultural Transformations
RedaktørerNoëlle Streeton, Tine Frøysaker, Peter Bjerregaard
Antal sider45
Vol/bind98
ForlagBrill Academic Publishers
Publikationsdato7 dec. 2024
Sider238-282
Kapitel8
ISBN (Trykt)9789004707573
ISBN (Elektronisk)9789004712034
DOI
StatusUdgivet - 7 dec. 2024
NavnNorthern World
Nummer98
ISSN1569-1462

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