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Man of Sorrows

by Geertgen tot Sint Jans · 1480

Man of Sorrows by Geertgen tot Sint Jans

Artist

Geertgen tot Sint Jans, also known as Geertgen van Haarlem, Gerrit van Haarlem, Gerrit Gerritsz, Gheertgen, Geerrit, Gheerrit, or any other diminutive form of Gerald, was an Early Netherlandish painter from the northern Low Countries in the Holy Roman Empire. No contemporary documentation of his life has been traced, and the earliest published account of his life and work is from 1604, in Karel van Mander's Schilder-boeck.

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Artwork

Man of Sorrows by Geertgen tot Sint Jans (1480) is currently displayed at Museum Catharijneconvent.

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Artist
Geertgen tot Sint Jans
Year
1480
Movement
Renaissance
Country
Netherlands
Location
Museum Catharijneconvent