Last Judgment

religious

If Isenbrant and Benson were not always very original, the same cannot be said of Jan Provost (1465-1529) or Lanceloot Blondeel (1498-1561). Both painters introduced their own, new spirit to their respective generations in Bruges. Rather than basing their art on a few poorly understood and arbitrarily selected Italian features, they opted for a more ingenious thematic and decorative approach and for their own special modernity.

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About the Artist

Jan Provost

1465 – 1529

Jan Provo(o)st, Netherlandish painter. He was born at Mons and worked in Valenciennes and briefly in Antwerp before settling in Bruges in 1494. His style was fairly close to Gerard David, then the leading painter in Bruges, but Provost, although clumsier, was more inventive. In 1521 Provost met and entertained Dürer, who is reputed to have drawn his portrait.

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