Geertgen Tot Sint Jans

Netherlandish Northern Renaissance Painter, ca.1460-1490 Geertgen tot Sint Jans is also known as Geertgen van Haarlem, Gerrit van Haarlem, or Gerrit Gerritsz.[citation needed] Alternative spellings of his first name are Gheertgen, Geerrit, and Gheerrit, where G(h)eertgen is the diminutive form of G(h)eerrit. Presumably, he was born in Leiden, then in the Burgundian Netherlands in the Holy Roman Empire, around the year 1465. The assignment of Leiden as his birth place is traceable to a 17th century print by Jacob van Matham. There is no known archival evidence for this claim by Jacob van Matham. The modern acceptance of Leiden as Geertgen's birth place is roughly traceable to Johann Kessler's dissertation of 1930. Probably, Geertgen was a pupil of Albert van Ouwater, who was one of the first oil painters in the northern Low Countries. Both painters lived in the city of Haarlem. Geertgen was attached to the monastery of the Knights of Saint John, for whom he painted an altarpiece. Although Geertgen was not a member of the Order of Saint John, his last name "tot Sint Jans" was derived from the order's name and means "unto Saint John". Geertgen died in Haarlem, then the Habsburg Netherlands in the Holy Roman Empire, around the year 1495, when he was approximately 28 years old. He was buried in the monastery of the Knights of Saint John. Modern scholars have attempted to calculate the artist's death date with the information from The Painting-Book (Middle Dutch: Het Schilder-Boeck) by Karel van Mander, published in 1604. There are some archival traces that suggest he may in fact have lived into the 16th century.


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Geertgen Tot Sint Jans Nativity, at Night oil


Nativity, at Night
Painting ID::  32340
Nativity, at Night
1484-90 Oil on oak, 34 x 25 cm
1484-90 Oil_on_oak,_34_x_25_cm
   
   
     

Geertgen Tot Sint Jans St.john the Baptist in the Wilderness oil


St.john the Baptist in the Wilderness
Painting ID::  33438
St.john the Baptist in the Wilderness
mk86 c.1485-1490 Oil on wood 42x28cm
mk86 c.1485-1490 Oil_on_wood 42x28cm
   
   
     

Geertgen Tot Sint Jans The fate of the earthly remains of St Fohn the Baptist oil


The fate of the earthly remains of St Fohn the Baptist
Painting ID::  39641
The fate of the earthly remains of St Fohn the Baptist
mk150 after 1484 Oak 172x139cm
mk150 after_1484 Oak 172x139cm
   
   
     

Geertgen Tot Sint Jans The natitity at night oil


The natitity at night
Painting ID::  42848
The natitity at night
mk170 1480-1490 Oil on oak 34x25.3cm
mk170 1480-1490 Oil_on_oak 34x25.3cm
   
   
     

Geertgen Tot Sint Jans Geertgen painted The Lamentation of Christ for the altarpiece of the monastery of the Knights of Saint John in Haarlem oil


Geertgen painted The Lamentation of Christ for the altarpiece of the monastery of the Knights of Saint John in Haarlem
Painting ID::  59014
Geertgen painted The Lamentation of Christ for the altarpiece of the monastery of the Knights of Saint John in Haarlem
Geertgen painted The Lamentation of Christ for the altarpiece of the monastery of the Knights of Saint John in Haarlem
   
   
     

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     Netherlandish Northern Renaissance Painter, ca.1460-1490 Geertgen tot Sint Jans is also known as Geertgen van Haarlem, Gerrit van Haarlem, or Gerrit Gerritsz.[citation needed] Alternative spellings of his first name are Gheertgen, Geerrit, and Gheerrit, where G(h)eertgen is the diminutive form of G(h)eerrit. Presumably, he was born in Leiden, then in the Burgundian Netherlands in the Holy Roman Empire, around the year 1465. The assignment of Leiden as his birth place is traceable to a 17th century print by Jacob van Matham. There is no known archival evidence for this claim by Jacob van Matham. The modern acceptance of Leiden as Geertgen's birth place is roughly traceable to Johann Kessler's dissertation of 1930. Probably, Geertgen was a pupil of Albert van Ouwater, who was one of the first oil painters in the northern Low Countries. Both painters lived in the city of Haarlem. Geertgen was attached to the monastery of the Knights of Saint John, for whom he painted an altarpiece. Although Geertgen was not a member of the Order of Saint John, his last name "tot Sint Jans" was derived from the order's name and means "unto Saint John". Geertgen died in Haarlem, then the Habsburg Netherlands in the Holy Roman Empire, around the year 1495, when he was approximately 28 years old. He was buried in the monastery of the Knights of Saint John. Modern scholars have attempted to calculate the artist's death date with the information from The Painting-Book (Middle Dutch: Het Schilder-Boeck) by Karel van Mander, published in 1604. There are some archival traces that suggest he may in fact have lived into the 16th century.

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