Malvagna triptych jan gossaert biography

Jan Gossaert is the first artist from the Low Countries of which it is known that he travelled to Rome in order to study classical art.

Although the influence of this stay is not immediately seen from his art, he had a significant influence on his contemporaries and he is often viewed as the first Renaissance artist or ‘Romanist' from the Low Countries. His most important patron is Philip of Burgundy, though he also received commissions from Margaret of Austria, Charles V, Adolf of Burgundy and Mencía de Mendoza.

What is new to Northern art of the time is Gossart's introduction of mythological themes with nude figures portrayed with heightened eroticism.

What is new to Northern art of the time is Gossart's introduction of mythological themes with nude figures portrayed with heightened eroticism.

Jan Gossaert.

The Malvagna Triptych () is a predella altarpiece by the Flemish artist Jan Gossaert located in the Galleria Regionale della Sicilia, in Palermo.

Jan Gossaert is the first artist from the Low Countries of which it is known that he travelled to Rome in order to study classical art.

In its original frame, this small house altar is the artist's only surviving intact triptych.

More or less, half of his oeuvre consists of portraits, the genre in which he was exceptional and repeatedly yielded results.

1478

Jan Gossaert is born in Maubeuge. This birth year is deduced from a portrait drawing by Reinier Snoy of Gouda, on which it states that the creator "Malboius" was 50 years old in 1528.

That this here deals with Jan Gossaert can be deduced from the latinised name Malbodius, which he used in the later stages of his life. Karel v