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Man of sorrows geertgen tot sint jans

Not much is known of his life; works are attributed to him mostly on stylistic grounds. Van Mander is the main source of information about Geertgen, and writes that he was born in Leiden and trained by Isaac van Ouwater; he died young, aged about His most ambitious paintings are two panels from the high altar of the church of St John at Haarlem, now in the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna.

These show knowledge of the work of Hugo van der Goes and Rogier van der Weyden , but are distinctive in their directness and simplicity, peopled by figures engagingly child-like in their appearance and behaviour. A famous smaller panel of John the Baptist in Berlin Dahlem Museum is remarkable in Netherlandish painting of the time as an essay in landscape, which complements the brooding figure of the saint.

Paintings by Geertgen tot Sint Jans.

Jan van kalkar

The Nativity at Night. Geertgen tot Sint Jans. This painting shows the traditional Christmas story: the infant Christ, lying in the manger, is watched over by Mary, Joseph and adoring angels, while an ox and donkey peer out of the darkness behind. Through the crumbling back wall we see shepherds and their sheep up on the hills huddled around