Gerard David

Style: Early Netherlandish; Northern Renaissance;

Place: Oudewater

Born: 1450

Death: 1523

Biography:

Gerard David (c. 1460 – 13 August 1523) was an Early Netherlandish painter and manuscript illuminator known for his brilliant use of color. Only a bare outline of his life survives, although some facts are known. He may have been the Meester gheraet van brugghe who became a master of the Antwerp guild in 1515. He was very successful in his lifetime...