Geertgen tot Sint Jans

(1466–1495) Early Netherlandish painter (1460-1490)

Geertgen tot Sint Jans (1466–1495) is listed in the catalogue as a painter. By year of birth, Geertgen tot Sint Jans belongs to the chapter ‘The Renaissance’ in this site’s history of art.

Geertgen tot Sint Jans was born in Leiden and died in Haarlem. Geertgen tot Sint Jans studied under Albert van Ouwater. Geertgen tot Sint Jans worked in Low Countries and Haarlem. Wikidata associates Geertgen tot Sint Jans with Early Netherlandish painting.

The best-known works include ‘The Holy Kinship’, ‘The Glorification of the Virgin’, and ‘Man of Sorrows’. The works belong mainly to the genre history painting. The catalogue has 16 works by Geertgen tot Sint Jans with free images. The dated works span the years 1450–1550. Works by Geertgen tot Sint Jans are held by several collections, among them Gemäldegalerie, National Gallery, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, and Aartsbisschoppelijk Museum. Wikidata links one work to a movement covered in the chapter ‘The Renaissance’.

Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Antonio Solario, Hans Fries, Giovanni di Niccolò Mansueti, Jan Provoost, and Gerard Horenbout.

• The Renaissance
• Nativity at Night
• The Glorification of the Virgin
• Man of Sorrows
• John the Baptist in the Wilderness
• The Adoration of the Magi