The pre-migrational phase and its significance for the migration of foreign artists working at the Tudor and Jacobean courts in London (1485-1642)

Wagner, Kathrin (2019) The pre-migrational phase and its significance for the migration of foreign artists working at the Tudor and Jacobean courts in London (1485-1642). In: The Migration of Artists and Architects in Central and Northern Europe. 1560–1900. Art Academy of Latvia: Institute of Art History, Riga, Latvia, pp. 31-44. ISBN 9789934541957

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Abstract

This article explores the period before the act of migration, here called the pre-migrational phase. It is examining foreign artists working at the Tudor and Jacobean courts in London between the coronation of king Henry VII in 1485 until the abdication of Charles I at the start of the first English Civil War in 1642. The study of the pre-migrational phase is essential to answer the question why some artists came to London and why some of them left.
The analysis is based upon the Artist-Migration-Model (AMM, Wagner 2017), which distinguishes between voluntary and coerced migration. The voluntary group includes artists that were already fully established in their home countries, such as Hans Holbein or Anthony van Dyck, and who used their short- or long-term stay at the royal court as a steppingstone to advance their careers. The unusual rich source material for Pietro Torrigiano will be used to analyse not only external factors for migration but also how much character traits impacted on the artist’s career. Despite his personal flaws, Torrigiano emerges as an expensive and highly reliable artist, vouched for by fellow countrymen with enormous amounts of money.
The role of politically motivated migration is stressed with great urgency as the coming and going of the creative workforce was highly affected by the political situation in mainland Europe as well as that in England, particularly during the Civil War. Here the focus is on Cornelis Ketel, child migrant Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger, Hans Eworth and Cornelis Johnson. Transcultural networks and community spirit are of enormous importance. As well as the need for artists to position themselves as outsiders in a positive light and adapt to new working and living environments in an efficient and pragmatic way.

Item Type:	Book Section
Keywords:	migration, artists, Tudor, Jacobean,
Faculty / Department:	Faculty of Creative Arts & Humanities > School of Creative and Performing Arts
Depositing User:	Kathrin Wagner
Date Deposited:	24 Apr 2023 08:48
Last Modified:	24 Apr 2023 08:48
URI:	https://hira.hope.ac.uk/id/eprint/3325

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