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Jan de Beer was born in Antwerp, probably around 1475. He was considered to be one of the greatest painters of the ‘Antwerp Mannerists’, artists who broke with the tradition of early 15th-century Netherlandish art by introducing figures in expressive poses and setting them within elaborate architectural spaces.
Artist: Jan de Beer, c.1475-1528. This website uses cookies so that we can provide you with the best user experience possible.
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Ascribed to Jan de Beer. Joseph and the Suitors (recto), The Nativity (verso) Antwerp, about 1515/20. oil on wood. 137 x 137 cm. This panel is painted on both sides and it formed part of an altarpiece or a screen illustrating the life of the Virgin Mary.
Dec 20, 2019 · This year, the gallery is showing its recently restored altarpiece panel by Jan de Beer, who lived and worked in Antwerp from about 1475 to 1527-28. In 1515, he became dean of the city’s painters Guild of St Luke.
Peter van den Brink, 'JdB as draughtsman' in Jan De Beer's Renaissance Altarpieces (Barber Institute, Birmingham 2019). New search.
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Despite the fact that his only signed work is the drawing in the British Museum, around 24 drawings and sculptures have been attributed to De Beer, all on religious subjects. His compositions reveal a highly distinctive and imaginative style in which Gothic and Renaissance elements coexist.
