The Holy Family, Jan Gossaert, about 1507–1508
Jan Gossaert, portrætJan GossaertFlandern, Holland, 1478–1532

The Holy Family

about 1507–1508 · Painting · 46 × 33.7 cm

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Elegance, sophistication, and worldliness define this portrayal of Mary, Joseph, and the Christ Child. Embedded in a fantastic cityscape with an elaborate fountain, the half-hidden figure of Joseph draws the viewer's attention, as do the lilies symbolizing the Virgin's purity in the right foreground. Contemporary taste in Antwerp and Brussels, where this painting was probably made, demanded that nearly every inch of a picture be filled with activity or ornament and that it be as ornate and decorative as possible. Even Mary's headdress provided an opportunity for an eye-catching, energetic shape fluttering against the flowering vines. Jan Gossaert set the figures in an inventive complex of pseudo-antique architecture, indicating his general awareness of Italian styles, probably gained through prints from Italy, which often circulated in Northern Europe, rather than from actual experience.

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71.PB.45

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Imens i livet hos Jan Gossaert

Hele livet
  1. 1503–1507 · Virkested

    Antwerp

  2. 26 October 1508

    Sets out for Italy with Philip of Burgundy

    Leaves Mechelen with the admiral Philip of Burgundy and his retinue; the admiral is bound for Pope Julius II on a diplomatic mission on behalf of the regent Margaret of Austria (other accounts say it was at the behest of Philip the Handsome). Philip is believed to have taken Gossaert into his retinue for the length of this mission; after 1507 the painter's name vanishes from the Antwerp archives.

  3. 1508–1509 · Virkested

    Rome

  4. 14 January 1509

    Arrives in Rome

    Reaches Rome as one of the first Netherlandish painters to visit Italy. At that moment Michelangelo was painting the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel and Raphael was decorating the Stanze in the Apostolic Palace of the Vatican.

  5. summer 1509

    Returns from Italy

    By 28 June 1509 Philip's party, which in all likelihood included Gossaert, was back in The Hague. That summer Philip withdraws to his Zeeland seat of Suytburg, plans the decoration of the castle and orders pictures from Gossaert and Jacopo de' Barbari.

  6. 1509–1517 · Virkested

    Middelburg

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