
Jan GossaertFlandre, Pays-Bas, 1478–1532Peut-on la contempler ?
Amsterdam, Pays-Bas
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1517–1524 · Lieu de travail
Utrecht
1521
Dürer travels to Middelburg to see Gossaert's altarpiece
Albrecht Dürer comes expressly to Middelburg to see the altarpiece of the Descent from the Cross, a replica that Gossaert made at the order of Philip of Burgundy after the celebrated picture of Tongerlo Abbey. Dürer admired the work.
1523 · Lieu de travail
Mechelen
1524
Returns to Middelburg in the service of Adolf of Burgundy
After Philip's death he returns to Middelburg, where he had already lived in 1509–1517, and takes service as court painter with Philip's brother Adolf of Burgundy, lord of Veere.
1524
Death of Philip of Burgundy and his tomb
Gossaert's patron Philip, by then Bishop of Utrecht, dies; the painter seems to have remained in his employment until the end. Gossaert designs and erects Philip's tomb in the church of Wijk bij Duurstede.
1524–1532 · Lieu de travail
Middelburg