All GOSSAERT, Jan (Mabuse) 's Paintings
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63046 Adam and Eve  Adam and Eve   1520 Oil on panel, 168,9 x 111,4 cm Royal Collection, Windsor This theme occurs at least nine times in Mabuse's painted and graphic oeuvre, but none of these renderings is dated. On grounds of style, however, the present painting would seem to have been undertaken after the Neptune and Amphitrite of 1516 (Berlin, Staatliche Museen) or the Hercules and Deinara of 1517 (Birmingham, Barber Institute of Fine Arts), and to have preceded the Adam and Eve dating from around 1525 (Berlin, Staatliche Museen). In general terms, as his career developed, Mabuse evolved compositions of greater complexity characterised by a repertoire of contorted poses with exaggerated anatomy and a vivid treatment of chiaroscuro. At the same time his technique became altogether freer. The Adam and Eve in the Royal Collection may date from around 1520. Mabuse refers to a number of prints for the poses of Adam and Eve: D?rer's Adam and Eve of 1504, Jacopo de' Barbari's Mars and Venus and Marcantonio Raimondi's Adam and Eve after Raphael. The pose of Eve is perhaps more specifically related to D?rer's engraving known as The Dream of the Doctor, particularly the upper part of the body. Mabuse had visited Italy in 1508-9 and became a prime exponent of Northern Mannerism, a style that evolved principally from the cross-fertilisation of German and Italian art. Quite apart from the large scale of the painting, the prominence of the foreground figures is still further enhanced by the sudden drop down to the middle-ground, dominated by a fountain set in the Garden of Eden. Fanciful architecture of this kind is frequently found in Mabuse's work. He was also a remarkably fine painter of the nude. The treatment of the musculature may not be to modern taste, but it was undoubtedly inspired by classical sculpture. The handling of the hair, especially Eve's long tresses, which may have influenced Milton, was a speciality of the artist. Supplementing the narrative of The Fall as recounted in the second and third chapters of Genesis is a certain amount of symbolism, which is illustrated in Mabuse's work: the two trees represent the Tree of Life and the Tree of Good and Evil, while the plants in the immediate foreground (columbine and sea holly) probably symbolise the contrasting emotions of the fear of God and the lust experienced by Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden. Adam wears an apron of leaves, but Eve is still technically naked. Mabuse was concerned to paint an epitome of the theme and was therefore disposed to take liberties with the biblical text. This painting was presented by the States-General of Holland to Charles I in 1636. It was sold in 1650 after the death of Charles I, but was recovered at the time of the Restoration. It has been suggested that John Milton, who was appointed Latin Secretary to Cromwell's Council of State in 1649, may have seen the work before it was sold, since the description of Adam and Eve in Paradise Lost (Book 4, lines 300-18) is fairly close. Artist: GOSSAERT, Jan (Mabuse) Painting Title: Adam and Eve , 1501-1550 Painting Style: Flemish , , religious
6953 Adam and Eve (detail) sdg  Adam and Eve (detail) sdg   c. 1520 Oil on panel Royal Collection, Windsor
6954 Adam and Eve safg  Adam and Eve safg   1525 Wood Staatliche Museen, Berlin
6952 Adam and Eve sdgh  Adam and Eve sdgh   c. 1520 Oil on panel, 168,9 x 111,4 cm Royal Collection, Windsor
6957 An Elderly Couple cdfg  An Elderly Couple cdfg   1510-28 Oil on vellum(?) mounted on wood, 46 x 67 cm National Gallery, London
40331 Danae  Danae   mk156 1527 Oil on panel 114.2x95.4cm
63100 Deposition  Deposition   1510-20 Oil on canvas transferred from wood, 141 x 106,5 cm The Hermitage, St. Petersburg The picture shows an early example of the works of Romanist painters (Northern artists influenced by Italian renaissance painting). Artist: GOSSAERT, Jan (Mabuse) Painting Title: Deposition , 1501-1550 Painting Style: Flemish , , religious
6947 Deposition dsg  Deposition dsg   1510-20 Oil on canvas transferred from wood, 141 x 106,5 cm The Hermitage, St. Petersburg
6946 Diptych of Jean Carondelet (left wing) dg  Diptych of Jean Carondelet (left wing) dg   1517 Wood, 43 x 27 cm Mus??e du Louvre, Paris
6945 Diptych of Jean Carondelet sdg  Diptych of Jean Carondelet sdg   1517 Wood, 43 x 27 cm (each) Mus??e du Louvre, Paris
6948 Lady Portrayed as Mary Magdalene sdf  Lady Portrayed as Mary Magdalene sdf   Oil on wood, 51,5 x 39,8 cm Museum Mayer van den Bergh, Antwerp
63093 Portrait of Baudouin of Burgundy - Oil on panel Staatliche Museen  Portrait of Baudouin of Burgundy - Oil on panel Staatliche Museen   Berlin Mabuse painted many portraits. By their rigorous psychological analysis he is surely one of the most talented northern artists to have practised this genre. Usually, he would paint his sitters against a dark background. Artist: GOSSAERT, Jan (Mabuse) Painting Title: Portrait of Baudouin of Burgundy , 1501-1550 Painting Style: Flemish , , portrait
6955 Portrait of Baudouin of Burgundy sg  Portrait of Baudouin of Burgundy sg   Oil on panel Staatliche Museen, Berlin
63096 Portrait of Christian II  Portrait of Christian II   King of Denmark c. 1523 Engraving, 267 x 215 mm Netherlandish Institute, Paris Artist: GOSSAERT, Jan (Mabuse) Painting Title: Portrait of Christian II, King of Denmark , 1501-1550 Painting Style: Flemish , , portrait
23362 Saint Luke Painting the Virgin (nn03)  Saint Luke Painting the Virgin (nn03)   c 1525 OIl on panel 109.2 x 81.9 cm 43 x 32 1/4 in Kunsthistonsches Museum Vienna
6944 St Anthony with a Donor dfg  St Anthony with a Donor dfg   1508 Oil on panel (arched), 40,2 x 22 cm Galleria Doria-Pamphili, Rome
6949 St Luke Painting the Madonna sdg  St Luke Painting the Madonna sdg   1520-25 Wood, 109,5 x 82 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
6959 The High Council sdg  The High Council sdg   Panel City Hall, Mechelen
52339 Venus and Cupid  Venus and Cupid   1521 Panel, 36 x 32,5 cm
6950 Virgin and Child sdg  Virgin and Child sdg   c. 1527 Oil on panel, 63 x 50 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid
6951 Virgin of Louvain dfg  Virgin of Louvain dfg   Oil on panel, 45 x 49 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid
6956 Wings of a Triptych dg  Wings of a Triptych dg   1525-32 Oil on oak, 70 x 23,5 cm (each) Mus??es Royaux des Beaux-Arts, Brussels
6958 Young Girl with Astronomic Instrument f  Young Girl with Astronomic Instrument f   c. 1520 Wood, 37 x 28 cm National Gallery, London
GOSSAERT, Jan (Mabuse)
Flemish Northern Renaissance Painter, ca.1478-1532



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