23 February – 30 May 2011. The work of 16th-century Flemish painter Jan Gossaert is the subject of a major exhibition at the National Gallery, the first such show in 40 years.
One of the most accomplished artists of the Northern Renaissance, Gossaert was influenced by his travels in Italy in 1508 where he viewed first-hand the art of the High Renaissance.
After he returned to his native Flanders the following year, he continued to study Italian art through the engravings of Marcantonio Raimondi and Jacopo de’ Barbari, and was one of the first artists to introduce the style of the Italian Renaissance to the Low Countries.
Gossart was subsequently to paint in an Italianate style and his sensous nudes in particular became highly sought after by Burgundy's high society. This exhibition offers a complete re-examination of his work, including new technical discoveries.
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