biography
| name: |
Geertgen Tot Sint Jans
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pronunciation:
[geerchen]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (c.1460–c.1490)
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| biography:
| Painter, born in Leyden, W Netherlands. Little is known about his life; his name means ‘little Gerard of the Brethren of St John’, and he worked for this religious Order in Haarlem, The Netherlands. Only about 15 paintings are now attributed to him. These works, mostly fragments of larger altarpieces, and all religious in subject, are characterized by strong colours, convincing landscape and, perhaps most notably, very individual figures. |
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