Jan GossaertFiandre, Paesi Bassi, 1478–1532The Holy Family
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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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Nella vita di Jan Gossaert
Tutta la vita1503–1507 · Luogo di lavoro
Antwerp
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.
1508–1509 · Luogo di lavoro
Rome
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.
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.
1509–1517 · Luogo di lavoro
Middelburg
![Saint Jerome Penitent [left panel], Jan Gossaert, c. 1509/1512](https://api.nga.gov/iiif/eea01b49-e215-488c-83f9-916964067d45/full/!2400,2400/0/default.jpg)
![Saint Jerome Penitent [right panel], Jan Gossaert, c. 1509/1512](https://api.nga.gov/iiif/1a0bd5c7-54f0-49e9-b570-aaa680278896/full/!2400,2400/0/default.jpg)
