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Jan Gossart (Netherlandish, ca. 1478–1532) and Gerard David (Netherlandish, ca. 1455–1523) The Malvagna Triptych, ca. 1513–15
Jan Gossart, or Mabuse, helped changed the face of art in during the Renaissance in Northern Europe and yet few people know his name. In fact, it has been 45 years since the last major exhibition of his work though it was Gossart who began the tradition of Northern artists pilgrimaging to Italy to study classical sculpture and brought back home with him the Italian mannerist style of painting and according to The Met, “successfully assimilating Italian Renaissance style into northern European art of the early sixteenth century, he is the pivotal Old Master who changed the course of Flemish art from the medieval craft tradition of its founder, Jan van Eyck (ca. 1380/90–1441), and charted new territory that eventually led to the great age of Peter Paul Rubens (1577–1640).”
A new exhibition entitled Man, Myth, Sensual Pleasures at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York sets out to explore the work of this influential artist. The show brings together paintings, drawings and prints and places them along side the art of artists that influenced Gossart. The show is now open and runs through January 17th, 2011.
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