Jan Provoost facts for kids
Jan Provoost (born between 1462 and 1465, died in January 1529) was a talented Belgian painter. He was born in a town called Mons.
Jan Provoost was a very busy artist. He started his first workshop in Valenciennes. Later, he opened two more workshops at the same time! One was in Bruges, where he became a citizen in 1494. The other was in Antwerp, which was a very important city for trade back then. Besides painting, Provoost was also good at drawing maps, designing things, and building. In 1520, he met another famous artist, Albrecht Dürer, in Antwerp. Some people think a drawing by Dürer in London might be a portrait of Provoost. He married the wife of a painter named Simon Marmion after Simon passed away. Jan Provoost inherited a lot of money and property from Simon. Jan Provoost died in Bruges in January 1529.
Jan Provoost's Art Style
Jan Provoost's religious paintings show influences from other well-known artists like Gerard David and Hans Memling. One of his most famous paintings is The Last Judgement, which he painted for the town hall in Bruges in 1525. This is the only painting we know for sure was painted by him because of old records.
Sometimes, new discoveries are still made! In 1971, a large painting of the Crucifixion from a small church in Koolkerke was identified as Provoost's work. This painting is now on display at the Groeningemuseum in Bruges. This museum has several of Provoost's artworks. A special exhibition showing many of his paintings was held in 2008 and 2009.
Famous Works by Jan Provoost
Here are some of Jan Provoost's important paintings:
- Crucifixion (around 1495) at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Crucifixion (around 1500) at the Groeningemuseum, Bruges
- The Virgin in Glory (around 1524) at the Hermitage Museum
- The Last Judgment at the Detroit Institute of Arts
- Nursing Madonna (Madonna Lactans) (around 1500–1510) at the Musée des Beaux-Arts, Strasbourg
- Virgin and Child (thought to be his work) at the National Gallery, London
- Last Judgment for the Bruges town hall (1525) at the Groeningemuseum, Bruges
- The Miser and Death at the Groeningemuseum, Bruges
- Donor with St Nicholas and his Wife with St Godelina at the Groeningemuseum, Bruges
- Carrying of the Cross (a two-sided painting) (around 1522) at the Old St. John's Hospital, Bruges
- Saint John the Baptist and a Canon at the Musée des Beaux-Arts, Valenciennes
- Triptych of the Parish Church of Calheta at the Museu de Arte Sacra do Funchal
- Saint Mary Magdalene at the Museu de Arte Sacra do Funchal
- Nossa Senhora da Misericórdia Triptych at the Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga
- The Annunciation (thought to be his work) at the Queensland Gallery of Modern Art
- Zechariah at the Prado Museum, Madrid
- The Virgin and Child at the Prado Museum, Madrid
- Portrait of a Female Donor at the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, Madrid
See also
In Spanish: Jan Provost para niños
