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Petrus Christus ( Dutch: [ˈpeː.trʏs ˈkrɪs.tʏs, ˈxrɪs-]; c. 1410/1420 – 1475/1476) was an Early Netherlandish painter active in Bruges from 1444, where, along with Hans Memling, he became the leading painter after the death of Jan van Eyck. He was influenced by van Eyck and Rogier van der Weyden and is noted for his innovations with ...
Annual Report of the Trustees of the Metropolitan Museum of Art no. 21 (1890), p. 478, as "The Deposition from the Cross," by Jan van Eyck. Henry G. Marquand. Letter to the trustees of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. April 17, 1890, lists a painting by Van Eyck among works he offers to donate to the museum. W. Bode.
The Artist: For a biography of Petrus Christus, see the Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. The Subject and Function of the Painting: This remarkably lifelike portrayal is rendered in astonishing detail, including the sitter’s intense gaze, prominent nose and sensitive mouth, his wiry beard, the bulging veins at his temple, and even a slight facial protuberance to the left of his lips.
1410 - 1476. Petrus Christus was an Early Netherlandish painter active in Bruges from 1444, where, along with Hans Memling, he became the leading painter after the death of Jan van Eyck. He was influenced by van Eyck and Rogier van der Weyden and is noted for his innovations with linear perspective and a meticulous technique which seems derived ...
