Thursday, July 11, 2024

Jan Gossaert
(c. 1478 - 1532)
 

Jan Gossaert was a French-speaking painter from the Low Countries also known as Jan Mabuse (the name he adopted from his birthplace, Maubeuge) or Jennyn van Hennegouwe (Hainaut), as he called himself when he matriculated in the Guild of Saint Luke, at Antwerp, in 1503. He was one of the first painters of Dutch and Flemish Renaissance painting to visit Italy and Rome, which he did in 1508–09, and a leader of the style known as Romanism, which brought elements of Italian Renaissance painting to the north, sometimes with a rather awkward effect. He achieved fame across at least northern Europe, and painted religious subjects, including large altarpieces, but also portraits and mythological subjects, including some nudity.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Gossaert

Portrait of Hendrik III, Count of Nassau-Breda
c. 1516–17
Oil on panel
57,2 x 45,8 cm
Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, Texas
https://kimbellart.org/collection/ap-197930


<i>In keeping with the meticulous attention to detail of the northern schools, Gossart carefully renders the textures of the carpet, fur collar, buttons, and checkered black-and-gold doublet, creating an image of jewel-like intensity. The count wears the pendant of the Order of the Golden Fleece, the elite chivalric order dedicated to the defense of the church.</I>

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