Jan Provost

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Jan Provost or Jean Provost (* around 1465 in Bergen (Wallonia) , † January 1529 in Bruges ) was a Flemish painter.

As the son of the painter Jan Provost d. Ä. he received training from the painter and book illustrator Simon Marmion in Valenciennes . In 1494 Provost acquired citizenship in Bruges, at the same time he became a member of the guild of sculptors and saddlers, to which all artists belonged. Between 1498 and 1505 Provost made a pilgrimage to Jerusalem . In 1519 he became dean of the artists' guild in Bruges. In 1520 he arranged the decoration of the festive entry of Emperor Charles V into Bruges. In Antwerp he met the painter Albrecht Dürer , whom he temporarily lodged in his house in Bruges in 1521. In 1525 Provost completed the panel The Last Judgment for the Schöffensaal of the Bruges City Hall , the only painting by Provost, "whose authenticity is absolutely certain from the sources."

Works

  • Christ carrying the cross and portrait of a monk , Sint-Janshospitaal, Bruges
  • Last Judgment , Groeninge Museum , Bruges
  • Crucifixion , Groeninge Museum, Bruges
  • Maria with child , Hessisches Landesmuseum, Darmstadt

literature

  • Cornelia Knust: Role Model of Justice. Jan Provost's picture of the court in Bruges with a catalog of his works. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht 2007, ISBN 978-3-525-47907-0 .

Web links

Commons : Jan Provoost  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Cf. Cornelia Knust
personal data
SURNAME Provost, Jan
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Provost, Jean
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Flemish painter
DATE OF BIRTH around 1465
PLACE OF BIRTH Bergen (Wallonia)
DATE OF DEATH January 1529
Place of death Bruges