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Geertgen was probably born in Leiden and died in Haarlem. From 1480, he lived with the Sint Jansheren (Knights of St John of Jerusalem) in their Commandery in Haarlem, hence the addition ‘tot Sint Jans’ to his name. While not actually a member of this monastic order, Geertgen possibly worked as a lay brother for the monks.
Though van Mander calls him Geertgen tot Sint Jans, painter from Haarlem, indicating he was from Haarlem, it is possible that he was perhaps born in Leiden, then in the Burgundian Netherlands in the Holy Roman Empire, around the year 1465.
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Geertgen (1455/1465-1485/1495) was probably born in Leiden and died in Haarlem. His teacher seems to have been Albert van Ouwater. In 1480, Geertgen took up residence at St John's Brethren monastery in Haarlem - hence the name ‘tot Sint Jans’.
Jun 11, 2018 · According to Van Mander, Geertgen was born and lived in Haarlem and was a lay brother in the local Order of St. John as well as a pupil of Albert van Ouwater. Van Mander records that Geertgen died at the age of 28.
This painting tells the traditional Christmas story – how Christ was born in a stable, and his mother ‘laid him in a manger, because there was no room for them at the inn’ (Luke 2: 7). 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.
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Presumably, he was born in Leiden, then in the Burgundian Netherlands in the Holy Roman Empire, around the year 1465. The assignment of Leiden as his birth place is traceable to a 17th century print by Jacob van Matham. There is no known archival evidence for this claim by Jacob van Matham.
