Gerard David

Gerard David closes the Bruges tradition with hushed, symmetrical devotion — still figures, deep enamel colour, minutely painted foliage and a chilly, tender quiet.

Gerard David (c. 1460–1523) was a painter from Belgium, associated with Northern Renaissance.

The 15th–16th-century flowering of the Low Countries and Germany — oil glazes, microscopic detail, and sharp, worldly realism. Northern Renaissance →

More Northern Renaissance painters: Albrecht Dürer, Jan van Eyck, Pieter Bruegel the Elder, Hieronymus Bosch.