Master Francke
Dutch painter (c. 1380-c. 1435) · Germany · On the map · Artists · Died at 55
Master Francke O.P. was a North German Gothic painter and Dominican friar, born ca. 1380 in the Lower Rhine region or possibly Zutphen in the Netherlands, who died ca. 1440, probably in Hamburg, where he was based at the end of his known career. He is called "Fratre Francone Zutphanico" in one document.
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About this person
He may have trained as an illuminator and painter in France or the Netherlands, and later worked in Münster, before joining in St John's Priory in Hamburg by 1424 at the latest.
Country
Germany
Category
Artists
Type
Artist
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1380 to 1435 · aged 55
