Biography

The Master of the Redemption of the Prado, also known as the Master of the Redemption Triptych, is an anonymous Flemish painter identified from a group of works with common stylistic features (Pérez Preciado, 2024). His name derives from his most representative piece: the Triptych of the Redemption, preserved in the Prado Museum. The figure of this master was first recognized in the 1930s, when Georges Hulin de Loo (1929) initially attributed his works to Vrancke van der Stockt. Max Friedländer (1976) confirmed that the set was the work of a single artist, although he expressed doubts about its identification with Van der Stockt. Eventually, in the absence of evidence directly linking this painter to the works, the attribution was discarded and the name Master of the Redemption was adopted.

His style shows an evident influence of Rogier van der Weyden, whose influence can be perceived in the architectural composition of his triptychs, where the scenes are arranged under arcades adorned with sculptures. This resource is reminiscent of van der Weyden's Miraflores Triptych. Likewise, he was inspired by some iconographies of this author, such as those of the Triptych of the Seven Sacraments or the Polyptych of the Last Judgment (Pérez Preciado, 2024). The works of this master are scattered in museums and institutions. See, for example: The Triptych of the Redemption (Museo Nacional del Prado), The Presentation of the Virgin in the Temple (Patrimonio Nacional), The Lamentation (Museum Mayer van den Bergh, Antwerp) or The Descent from the Cross (Alte Pinakothek, Munich).

Bibliography

• FRIEDLÄNDER, Max J. (1976): Early Netherlandish Painting, vol. XIV (Pieter Bruegel), A. W. Sijthoff y La Connaissance, Leiden y Bruselas.
• HULIN DE LOO, Georges (1929): "Van der Stockt, Vrancke", vol. XXIV, en Biographie Nationale, Bruselas, pp. 66-76.
• PÉREZ PRECIADO, José Juan (2024): Pintura flamenca del siglo XV en el Museo Nacional del Prado, Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid, p. 252.