Three Scenes from the Life of Saint Anthony of Padua

Gerard David · 1505

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Gerard David

1450–1523

Early Netherlandish painting

Gerard David was an Early Netherlandish painter and manuscript illuminator known for his brilliant use of color. Only a bare outline of his life survives, although some facts are known. He may have been the Meester gheraet van brugghe who became a master of the Antwerp guild in 1515. He was very successful in his lifetime and probably ran two workshops, in Antwerp and Bruges. Like many painters of his period, his reputation diminished in the 17th century until he was rediscovered in the 19th century.

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life: 1450–1523life
movement: Early Netherlandish paintingmovement

The work

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The Saint Anne Altarpiece
Gerard David · 1500
Toledo Museum of Art

The Rest on the Flight into Egypt
Gerard David
National Gallery of Art

Works worth knowing

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How Gerard David worked

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David's surviving work mainly consists of religious scenes. They are characterised by an atmospheric, timeless, and almost dream-like serenity, achieved through soft, warm and subtle colourisation, and masterful handling of light and shadow. He is innovative in his recasting of traditional themes and in his approach to landscape, which was then only an emerging genre in northern European painting. His ability with landscape can be seen in the detailed foliage of his Triptych of the Baptism and the forest scene in the New York Nativity. Many of the art historians of the early 20th century, including Erwin Panofsky and Max Jakob Friedländer saw him as a painter who did little but distill the style of others and painted in an archaic and unimaginative style.