Nicolas Froment

Triptych of the Burning Bush, by Nicolas Froment, in Aix Cathedral

Nicolas Froment (c. 1435, Uzès, Gard – c. 1486 in Avignon) was a French painter of the Early Renaissance. Nicolas Froment is one of the most notable representatives of the Second School of Avignon, (École d'Avignon), a group of artists at the court of the Popes in Avignon, who were located there from 1309 to 1411, in Avignon.^[1]

He was influenced by the Flemish style that characterizes the last phase of the Gothic.^[2][3]

He undertook to paint an altarpiece 12 February 1470 in Aix for a rich widow called Catherine Spifami; in the center of the panel is a depicting the Death of Mary, and on the side panels, the Saints Mary Magdalene and Catherine are shown. He was attributed a number of works from this timetime, but none of these attributions can be considered reliable.^[4]

One of the most interesting work of this group is the Retable des Pérussis or The Pérussis Altarpiece , depicts the adoration of the empty cross on Golgatha, and is located at the Metropolitan Museum in New York.^[5]

Works

• The Resurrection of Lazarus, triptych, (1461), Florence, Galleria degli Uffizi.
• The Matheron Diptych, (v.1475), oil on canvas, 17 x 26 cm, Paris, Musée du Louvre.
• Le Buisson ardent, triptych, (1475-1476), tempera on wood, 410 x 305 cm, Aix-en-Provence, cathédrale Saint-Sauveur.
• The Legend of Saint Mitre, (about 1470), oil on wood, Aix-en-Provence, cathédrale Saint-Sauveur.

• Selected works
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  Christ and Saint Martha
  Left panel of The Resurrection of Lazarus
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  Central panel of the triptych The Resurrection of Lazarus
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  Lateral panels of the triptych The Burning Bush
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  The Matheron diptych
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  Circle of Nicolas Froment, The Pérussis Altarpiece, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

References

1. Nicolas-Froment "Nicolas-Froment" Check |url= value (help). global.britannica.com. Retrieved October 2014. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
2. [painting.http://www.virtualuffizi.com/nicholas-froment.html "uffizi nicholas-froment"]. www.virtualuffizi.com. Retrieved October 2014. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
3. "encyclopedie/nicolas-froment French". www.universalis.fr. Retrieved October 2014. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
4. "Le culte de saint Honorat en Provence /Le_culte_de_saint_Honorat_en_Provence_et_les_pratiques_devotionnelles_sur_lile_sacree_de_Lerins_XIIIe-debut_du_XVIe_siecle_2009". www.academia.edu. Retrieved October 2014. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
5. "The Pérussis Altarpiece". www.metmuseum.org. Retrieved October 2014. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)

See also

• Early Renaissance painting