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The Virgin Enthroned with Saints Jerome and Francis (Stâdelsches Kunstinstitut, Frankfurt), signed and dated 1457, epitomizes Christus’s achievements in painting.
Apr 18, 2024 · Flemish art. Petrus Christus (born c. 1420, Baerle, Brabant [now in Belgium]—died 1472/73, Bruges) was a South Netherlandish painter who reputedly introduced geometric perspective into the Netherlands. In 1444 Christus became a citizen of Bruges, where he worked until his death.
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Petrus Christus (1410s, Baarle-Duc, today's Baarle-Hertog, Belgium – 1475/76, Bruges, Belgium) was an outstanding Flemish painter, a portraitist. Creative features of the artist Petrus Christus. Petrus Christus is the only famous Bruges painter from the period between Jan van Eyck and Hans Memling.
Aug 15, 2011 · Petrus Christus' 'Christ as the Man of Sorrows'. We know very little about the artist Petrus Christus; he was probably born in Baerle, Brabant, around 1410 and is recorded as working in Bruges in 1444, when he was made a citizen of the town.
Display filters. Show 30 60 90 results per page. Petrus Christus is first mentioned in the record of those purchasing Bruges citizenship, which he acquired on 6 July 1444. He was described in the record of this transaction as a native of Baerle, which probably meant the town of Baerle-Duc on the present Belgian-Dutch border.
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.
Petrus Christus. active 1444; died 1475/6. Petrus Christus was born in Baerle. In 1444 he was working in Bruges. His work is dependent on that of Jan van Eyck. There are several signed paintings by him. His signatures are in semi-Greek lettering, perhaps in imitation of van Eyck.
