# Namepiece

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In art history, a '''namepiece''' is an artwork after which an otherwise unnamed artist is named. There is a long history of giving [notname](/source/notname)s to artists whose identity has been lost.

The [Master of the Life of the Virgin](/source/Master_of_the_Life_of_the_Virgin) (active c. 1463 to c. 1490) and the [Master of the Legend of the Magdalen](/source/Master_of_the_Legend_of_the_Magdalen) (active c. 1483 – c. 1527) both named after scenes from the [Life of the Virgin](/source/Life_of_the_Virgin) attributed to them, the [Master of the Prado Adoration of the Magi](/source/Master_of_the_Prado_Adoration_of_the_Magi) (active c. 1475 – 1500) named after his most famous panel, and the [Vienna Master of Mary of Burgundy](/source/Vienna_Master_of_Mary_of_Burgundy) (c 1470 – c 1480), named after a manuscript owned by one of his patrons.<ref>"[http://www.getty.edu/art/gettyguide/artMakerDetails?maker=21276 Vienna Master of Mary of Burgundy] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130124120141/http://www.getty.edu/art/gettyguide/artMakerDetails?maker=21276 |date=2013-01-24 }}".  J. Paul Getty Museum. Retrieved July 13, 2013</ref> The [Berlin Painter](/source/Berlin_Painter) (active c. 490s-c. 460s BCE) was named by Sir [John Beazley](/source/John_Beazley) for a large lidded [amphora](/source/amphora) in the [Antikensammlung Berlin](/source/Antikensammlung_Berlin), the Berlin Painter's ''namepiece''.<ref>[https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/vaseindex?lookup=Berlin+F+2160 Perseus Project. Berlin F 2160].</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last1=MOORE|first1=MARY B.|title=Satyrs by the Berlin Painter and a New Interpretation of His Namepiece |journal=Antike Kunst|date=1 January 2006|volume=49|pages=17–28|jstor=41321335}}</ref> Some more examples include:
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File:Attica, anfora con sairi ed hermes, da vulci, 500-490 ac ca. 02.JPG|Image on [Berlin Painter](/source/Berlin_Painter)'s ''namepiece'' vase.
File:Juan Dò Anuncio a los pastores.jpeg|''Annunciation to the Shepherds'', c.1630, is an namepiece of [Master of the Annunciation to the Shepherds](/source/Master_of_the_Annunciation_to_the_Shepherds)
File:Master of the Brunswick Diptych - Diptych opened.jpg|The Brunswick diptych, after which [Master of the Brunswick Diptych](/source/Master_of_the_Brunswick_Diptych) was named.
File:Meister der Ursulalegende 001.jpg|[Master of the Legend of St. Ursula (Bruges)](/source/Master_of_the_Legend_of_St._Ursula_(Bruges)) [name is derived](/source/Notname) from a [polyptych](/source/polyptych) depicting scenes from the life of [Saint Ursula](/source/Saint_Ursula) painted for the [convent](/source/convent) of the [Black Sisters](/source/Alexian_nuns) of [Bruges](/source/Bruges)
</gallery>

==See also==
*[List of anonymous masters](/source/List_of_anonymous_masters)
*[Notname](/source/Notname)

==References==
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Category:Visual arts

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