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Jan Provoost, or Jean Provost, or Jan Provost (1462/65 – January 1529) was a painter born in

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. Provost was a prolific master who left his early workshop in

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to run two workshops, one in

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, where he was made a burgher in 1494, the other simultaneously in

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, which was the economic centre of the

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. Provost was also a cartographer, engineer, and architect. He met

Albrecht Dürer Albrecht Dürer ( , ;; 21 May 1471 – 6 April 1528),Müller, Peter O. (1993) ''Substantiv-Derivation in Den Schriften Albrecht Dürers'', Walter de Gruyter. . sometimes spelled in English as Durer or Duerer, was a German painter, Old master prin ...

in Antwerp in 1520, and a Dürer portrait drawing at the National Gallery, London, is conjectured to be of Provost. He married the widow of the miniaturist and painter Simon Marmion, after whose death he inherited the considerable Marmion estate. He died in

, in January 1529. The styles of

Gerard David Gerard David ( – 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 ghera ...

and

Hans Memling Hans Memling (also spelled Memlinc; – 11 August 1494) was a German-Flemish people, Flemish painter who worked in the tradition of Early Netherlandish painting. Born in the Middle Rhine region, he probably spent his childhood in Mainz. During ...

can be detected in Provoost's religious paintings. The ''Last Judgement'' painted for the Bruges town hall in 1525 is the only painting for which documentary evidence identifies Provost. Surprising discoveries can still be made: in 1971 an unknown and anonymous panoramic Crucifixion from the village church at Koolkerke was identified as Provost's. It is on permanent loan to the

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, Bruges, which has several works of Provost. A retrospective exhibition took place in 2008–2009.

Selected works

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*''Crucifixion'' c. 1495

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*''Crucifixion'' c. 1500

, Bruges *''The Virgin in Glory'', c. 1524

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*''The Last Judgment''

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*'' Nursing Madonna (Madonna Lactans)'', ca. 1500–1510, Musée des Beaux-Arts,

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*''Virgin and Child'', attributed,

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*''Last Judgment'' for the Bruges town hall, 1525

, Bruges * ''The Miser and Death'',

, Bruges * ''Donor with St Nicholas and his Wife with St Godelina'', Groeningemuseum, Bruges *''Carrying of the Cross'' (diptych with the enigmatic picture on the reverse side), c. 1522 Old St. John's Hospital, Bruges *''Saint John the Baptist and a Canon'', Musée des Beaux-Arts,

*''Triptych of the Parish Church of Calheta'',

Museu de Arte Sacra do Funchal The Sacred Art Museum of Funchal () is located in the Palace, Episcopal Palace of Funchal, Madeira. It is made up of collections of painting, sculpture, goldsmithery and paramentaria from the 15th to 19th centuries. In particular, it includes Earl ...

*''Saint Mary Magdalene'',

*''Nossa Senhora da Misericórdia Triptych'', Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga *''The Annunciation'', attributed, Queensland Gallery of Modern Art *''Zechariah'', Prado Museum, Madrid. *''The Virgin and Child'', Prado Museum, Madrid. *''Portrait of a Female Donor'',

Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum The Thyssen-Bornemisza National Museum (, ; named after its founder, Baron Heinrich Thyssen, Heinrich Thyssen-Bornemisza), or simply the Thyssen, is an art museum in Madrid, Spain, located near the Museo del Prado, Prado Museum on one of the city ...

, Madrid. *''Madonna, boy and two angels'', Eva Klabin House Museum, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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External links

Artcyclopedia:
Jan Provost (list of works on-line)

{{DEFAULTSORT:Provoost, Jan 1460s births 1529 deaths Early Netherlandish painters People from Mons, Belgium

Selected works

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