Mannerism
Northern Renaissance

Late Gothic 1420 to 1500

"Late Gothic" is a name for a new style of art that emerged in the low countries, Flanders and the Netherlands starting about 1420, just after the Italian Renaissance started in Florence. There is no known influence from Italy so this style is assumed to be unaffected by the Renaissance; so it is effectively a continuation and development of Gothic style of the middle ages. Certainly there are medieval elements in the style, however it is characterized by an intense realism that thrusts itself on the viewer which is more characteristic of the Renaissance than of art of the middle ages. So "Late Gothic" may be a bit of a misnomer, "Early Northern Renaissance" might be better.

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Jan Van Eyck

born: Maaseik, Bishopric of Liège, Holy Roman Empire [now Belgium]; 1390
died: Bruges, Bishopric of Liège, Holy Roman Empire [now Belgium]; 9 July 1441

Twelve more Van Eyck pictures.

Jean Malouel

born: Nijmegen, France; about 1399
died: Dijon, France; 1415

Rogier van der Weyden

born: Tournai, France; 1399
died: Brussels [now Belgium]; 18 June 1464

Ten more Van der Weyden pictures.

Master of Flemalle
probably Robert Campin 1406-1444
born: about 1375, Valenciennes
died: 1444, Tournai

The Merode Altarpiece
about 1425

 

 

  Jean Fouquet

Born: Tours, France; about 1417
Died: Tours, France; about 1481

Five more Fouquet pictures.

Dieric Bouts
also Dierick, Dirk, Dirck, or Thierry

born: Haarlem, Holland [now The Netherlands]; about 1415
died: Louvain, Brabant [now Belgium]; 6 May 1475

Petrus Christus

born: Baerle, Brabant [now Belgium]; about 1415
died: Bruges [now Belgium]; about 1474

St. Eligius 1449 Metropolitan Museum of Art New York, US

Six more pictures from the Petrus Christus.

Hans Memling
or Memlinc

Born: Seligenstadt (near Frankfurt am Main), Germany; about 1435
Died: Bruges, Bishopric of Liège, Holy Roman Empire [now Belgium]; 11 August 1494

Probably trained in the workshop of Rodgier van der Weyden. Thus his style is Flemish not German. He worked in Bruges, Flanders.

Six more Memling pictures.

Hugo van der Goes

Born: Goes, Island of Zuid, Netherlands, about 1440
Died: Roode Kloster, near Brussels [now Belgium]; 1482

Five more Van der Goes pictures.

Hieronymus Bosch
(Jérôme van Acken)

born: Hertogenbosch, Brabant [now The Netherlands]; about 1450
died: Hertogenbosch, Brabant [now The Netherlands]; 9 August 1516

 

The Ship of Fools about 1475 Louvre, Paris, France

 

Nine more Bosch pictures.

David Gérard

born: Oudewater, The Netherlands; about 1460
died: Bruges, Bishopric of Liège, Holy Roman Empire [now Belgium]; 11 August 1523

Albert Bouts

born: about 1475
died: 23 June 1490

Joachim Patenier

born: Bouvignes, near Dinan, Namur, France; about 1485
died: Antwerp [now Belgium]; 5 August 1524

Mannerism
Northern Renaissance