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Gerard David (c. 1460 – 13 August 1523) was an Early Netherlandish painter and manuscript illuminator known for his brilliant use of color. Only a bare outline of his life survives, although some facts are known. He may have been the Meester gheraet van brugghe who became a master of the Antwerp guild in 1515.
Gerard DavidArtworks. View all 54 artworks. Gerard David lived in the XV – XVI cent., a remarkable figure of Flemish Northern Renaissance. Find more works of this artist at Wikiart.org – best visual art database.
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- Oudewater, Netherlands
Gerard David (born c. 1460, Oudewater, Netherlands—died August 13, 1523, Bruges [now in Belgium]) was a Netherlandish painter who was the last great master of the Bruges school. Very little is known about David’s early life, during which time his work reflects the influence of Jacob Janszoon, Dieric Bouts, and Geertgen Tot Sint Jans.
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active 1484; died 1523. Gerard David was the last great 15th-century painter from Bruges working within the tradition of realism founded by van Eyck. A subtle colourist, he succeeds in creating atmosphere through his evocative landscapes.
Gerard David Netherlandish. ca. 1512–15. On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 605. This composition presents the Flight into Egypt as a continuous narrative. In a tiny background scene, the Holy Family emerges from the forest, en route to the contemporary Netherlandish town at the left.
The Nativity with Donors and Saints Jerome and Leonard. On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 636. David depicts the birth of Christ in the manger as a scene running continuously across all three panels, although the donor figures are kept distinct from the sacred protagonists.
Little is known of Gerard David’s early life. Exactly when he was born and where he received his early training are matters of speculation. The route he traveled before reaching Bruges in 1484, the year he was inducted as a free master into the Corporation of Imagemakers and Saddlers (which included panel painters ), is to some extent ...
