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Leonhard Beck (1480-1542)

Aliases: Leonhard (1475) Beck; Lienhard Böck

Professions: Painter

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    BECK, LEONHARD (circa 1480 - 1542 Augsburg).Der

    BECK, LEONHARD (circa 1480 - 1542 Augsburg).Der

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    BECK, LEONHARD (circa 1480 - 1542 Augsburg).

    BECK, LEONHARD (circa 1480 - 1542 Augsburg).

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    MAXIMILIAN I (1459-1519) -- Images de saints et saintes issus de la famille de l'Empereur Maximilien I... d'aprŠs les dessins de Hans Burgmaier. Edited by Adam Bartsch. Vienna: widow of Alberti for F.X. St”ckl, 1799.

    MAXIMILIAN I (1459-1519) -- Images de saints et saintes issus de la famille de l'Empereur Maximilien I... d'aprŠs les dessins de Hans Burgmaier. Edited by Adam Bartsch. Vienna: widow of Alberti for F.X. St”ckl, 1799.

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    Leonhard Beck (Augsburg 1480-1542)

    Leonhard Beck (Augsburg 1480-1542)

Leonhard Beck Biography

(b Augsburg, c . 1480; d Augsburg, 1542). Illuminator, painter, draughtsman and woodcutter, son of (1) Georg Beck. He first appears as an illuminator and collaborator with his father in two Psalters for the Augsburg monastery of SS Ulrich and Afra in 1495, producing 35 coloured initial letters for each of them (Augsburg, Staats- & Stadtbib., Cod. 49a). These are vigorously coloured but fairly uniform in character, with small, lively biblical scenes excellently adapted to the letters. Red, green and blue predominate; ochre tones provide a link with the gold ground. The initial letter X is composed of splendidly curled, entwining foliage with birds and half-figures of prophets; the Virgin, Joseph, the Christ Child in the manger and the choir of angels are each enclosed in one of its sectors. The figures are presented in a light, easy manner; the draughtsmanship avoids unnecessary detail. This style succeeds admirably in an initial O, which shows six scenes from the Passion , from the Prayer on the Mount of Olives to the Crowning with Thorns on the lower row, proceeding above from the Ecce homo to the Entombment . The coiled body of the letter itself is incorporated into the scenes of the martyrdom before the Crucifixion in a masterly fashion. The small pictures even incorporate landscape settings for the figures.

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