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Year : 1508
Media : Oil On Panel (i)
Size : 111 x 79 cm

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The painting The Nativity by Juan De Flandes is a captivating representation of the birth of Jesus Christ, showcasing the artistic prowess of the Early Netherlandish painting style. This oil on panel painting, measuring 111 x 79 cm, is currently housed at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, United States.

Artistic Style and Symbolism

The painting features a traditional religious scene, with Mary, Joseph, and the baby Jesus as the central figures. The use of light and shadow creates a sense of depth and three-dimensionality in the figures and their surroundings. The colors are rich and varied, with a palette that includes earth tones, blues for the sky, and reds and greens for the clothing and foliage. For more information on Early Netherlandish painting, visit Early Netherlandish painting on Wikipedia.

Artist and Historical Context

Juan De Flandes was a Flemish painter who worked in the court of Isabella I of Castile. His style is characterized by fine detail and a realistic approach to the figures' faces and expressions. To learn more about Juan De Flandes and his works, visit Juan De Flandes: The Nativity on ArtsDot.

The painting is a classic representation of the Nativity scene, capturing the moment of Jesus' birth with attention to detail and an emphasis on religious symbolism.
The use of oil on panel allows for a high level of detail and texture, making the painting a masterpiece of Renaissance art.
The National Gallery of Art in Washington, United States, is home to many other notable works of art, including paintings by El Greco (Doménikos Theotokopoulos) and Alessandro Bonvicino (Moretto Da Brescia).

Handmade oil painting reproductions of The Nativity by Juan De Flandes are available on ArtsDot, allowing art lovers to own a piece of history. For more information, visit The Nativity by Juan De Flandes on ArtsDot.
The painting The Nativity by Juan De Flandes is a must-see for anyone interested in Renaissance art and the Early Netherlandish painting style. Its beauty, detail, and historical significance make it a true masterpiece of art.

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Juan de Flandes was an Early Netherlandish painter who was active in Spain from 1496 to 1519; his actual name is unknown, although an inscription Juan Astrat on the back of one work suggests a name such as "Jan van der Straat". Jan Sallaert, who became a master in Ghent in 1480, has also been suggested.
He was born around 1460 in Flanders (modern Belgium). He evidently trained in his home country, most likely in Ghent, as his work shows similarities to that of Joos van Wassenhove, Hugo van der Goes and other Ghent artists. He is only documented after he became an artist at the court of Queen Isabella I of Castile, where he is first mentioned in the accounts in 1496. He is described as "court painter" by 1498 and continued in the queen's service until her death in 1504. He mostly painted portraits of the royal family, but also the majority of a large series of small (21.3 x 16.7 cm) panels for a polyptych altarpiece for the queen. The panels have been dispersed and the largest number of panels is in the royal collection in Madrid.
After Isabella's death in 1504 Juan de Flandes turned to ecclesiastical commissions from Spanish churches, beginning in Salamanca in 1505–7. He was later based in Palencia, where there is a large reredos in the Cathedral. In Palencia his wife was described as a widow in December 1519. The overwhelming majority of his work held in collections outside Spain dates from this later period during which he concentrated on religious themes. Panels from a large altarpiece from a Palencian church are divided between the Prado and National Gallery of Art, Washington, who have four panels each.
His works show the Early Netherlandish style of Ghent adapted to the Spanish taste and landscape, notably the requirements for groups of compartmented scenes for altarpieces. His colouring is refined, "with a preference for rather acid hues", and "while his feeling for space and light is sophisticated, a tendency to divide space into a succession of thin planes becomes a mannerism in his late works".
Isabella I of Castile
Catherine of Aragon
Joanna the Mad
Isabella I of Castile
Sermon of Saint John the Baptist (1497) ; National Museum of Serbia (part of polyptych)
Supper in the House of Simon the Pharisee (c. 1496-1504); Royal Palace, Madrid (part of the polyptych of Isabel of Castile)
Christ nailed to the Cross, Vienna, also from the polyptych
Temptation of Christ in the Wilderness, National Gallery of Art, Washington, also from the polyptych
Resurrection of Lazarus, Prado, from a group for a church in Palencia.

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