Anonymous Artist: I.A.M of Zwolle

Monograms that help Identify his work

The Betrayal of Christ, (c. 1485)

IAM of Zwolle is was an anonymous printmaker active between 1470 to 1495. He was a Netherlandish artist who's identified from his monogram of IA or IAM and even Zwolle where they may have been from.

The artist may not have had a colorful medium from the printmaking, but his style showed how much tonal nuance engraved pictures could contain. Prints usually use just one ink color and IAM Zwolle was able to create images with depth. The way he spaced out the lines made it seem as if the images were an actual scene. Closer the lines were caused a darker tone and the further the lines were allowed a white or lighter tone. 

It was believed that IAM Zwolle was not just a printmaker, but a painter as well from his understanding of tones in his work. Today it is unknown who this artist is or if they have other works under another name. Some suspected that it was Johan van den Minnesten a painter from Zwolle, but his works did not survive they can't compare them.

List of Their Works:

• The Adoration of the Magi 
• The Last Supper 
• The Agony in the Garden
• The Betrayal of Christ 
• The Large Crucifixion with the Horsemen 
• The Lamentation over Christ  
• Christ Blessing 
• The Virgin and Child with Cherries at the Window
• The Madonna Seated, the Christ Child Holding the Cross 
• The Virgin Standing on a Demon 
• The Virgin and Child, Turning over the Leaves of a Book
• Saint Anne, the Virgin and Child on a Throne 
• Saint Augustine with the Heart, Pierced by an Arrow 
• Saint Bernard Kneeling before the Virgin 
• Saint Christopher on Horseback 
• Saint George 
• Mass of Saint Gregory 
• Allegory of the Transience of Life 
• Battle of Two Men with the Centaur 
• The Young Man and the Devil 
• Coat of Arms with a Greyhound Supported by a Savage 
• Gothic Canopy with Windows and Doors 
• The Crucifixion
• Death'' 

SOURCES:

Arts and Culture

Metropolitan Museum

National Gallery of Art

Wikipedia