Master of the Legend of Saint Lucy (fl. 1480-1510) was an indistinctive Early Netherlandish painter from Bruges. His say comes from an altarpiece in the church of Saint James in Bruges, dated 1480, depicting three scenes from the sparkle of Saint Lucy. Since then, twenty-five to thirty-five paintings have been approved to the similar hand. He may have trained Spanish students at his studio in Bruges. Many of his paintings are characterized by views of the city of Bruges in the background, and can be outmoded according to the level of construction of its belfry. He may have trained afterward Dieric Bouts, and was certainly influenced by Hans Memling.
He has been associated with the Bruges master Fransois vanden Pitte, active in Bruges amongst 1453 and 1456.
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