Geertgen tot Sint Jans worked at a period when the terms of art itself were being renegotiated.
The record lists Geertgen tot Sint Jans as Early Netherlandish painter (1460-1490).
Geertgen tot Sint Jans was born at Leiden in 1466.
This was the period in which the artist became an individual with a signature, a reputation and a price.
He worked as painter and lay brother.
His recorded movement is early netherlandish painting.
Among his best-known works are The Holy Kinship, The Glorification of the Virgin and Man of Sorrows. An artist's reputation moves with taste, but the work stays exactly where it was left.
Geertgen tot Sint Jans died in 1495, aged 29. The work remains, hanging in collections that outlived both the artist and the market that first priced it.
Achievements
- Notable work: The Holy Kinship
- Notable work: The Glorification of the Virgin
- Notable work: Man of Sorrows
- Movement: Early Netherlandish painting
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