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Year. circa 1495. Medium. Oil on wood. Dimensions. 100 cm × 70 cm (39 in × 28 in) Location. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. The Holy Kinship is a circa 1495 oil on panel painting of Holy Kinship by the workshop of the renaissance artist Geertgen tot Sint Jans in the collection of the Rijksmuseum.
Worship of the Golden Calf. The Holy Kinship. From the series One hundred masterpieces. The Holy Kinship, Geertgen tot Sint Jans (workshop of), c. 1495. This painting of the family of Christ is remarkably detailed. In the background a boy with a stick douses candles on the choir screen.
Geertgen tot Sint Jans (Leiden or Haarlem c. 1455/65 - Haarlem c. 1485/95), workshop of. According to Van Mander, Gerrit Gerritsz, better known as Geertgen tot Sint Jans, lived with the Knights of St John of Jerusalem (‘Sint Jansheeren’) in their Commandery in Haarlem, from which he took his name.
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The Holy Kinship, Geertgen tot Sint Jans (workshop of), c. 1495. Christ’s next of kin are gathered in an imaginary medieval church. The term for such a scene derives from the word for a blood relation. At left, the Virgin (in blue) is seated with Jesus on her lap beside her mother, Anne.
The Geertgen tot Sint Jans has nineteen figures. Although the character of the older generations is matriarchal, notably, the youngest generation, shown as children, are all male. They often carry their attributes, as do the three boys in the centre of the Geertgen: the saw , barrel (James the Great) and chalice (John the Evangelist).
‘The Holy Kinship’ was created in c.1495 by Geertgen tot Sint Jans in Northern Renaissance style. Find more prominent pieces of religious painting at Wikiart.org – best visual art database.
Aug 1, 2016 · Three children play at the center of the Amsterdam Holy Kinship, which is attributed to Geertgen tot Sint Jans or his workshop. This seemingly quotidian subject is remarkable because it shows future martyrs engaged in a game of make-believe using the implements of their torments.
