Nicolas Froment

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]

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

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
  • Christ and Saint Martha
    Left panel of The Resurrection of Lazarus
  • Central panel of the triptych The Resurrection of Lazarus
  • Lateral panels of the triptych The Burning Bush
  • The Matheron diptych
  • 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 8 October 2014.
  2. [painting.http://www.virtualuffizi.com/nicholas-froment.html "uffizi nicholas-froment"]. www.virtualuffizi.com. Retrieved 8 October 2014.
  3. "encyclopedie/nicolas-froment French". www.universalis.fr. Retrieved 8 October 2014.
  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 8 October 2014.
  5. "The Pérussis Altarpiece". www.metmuseum.org. Retrieved 8 October 2014.

See also
  • Early Renaissance painting


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