  right|thumb|320px|st luke painting the madonna by jan gossaert (1520-25) wood, 109,5 x 82 cm kunsthistorisches museum, vienna jan gossaert (c. 1478 &ndash; 1 october 1532) was a flemish painter also known as jan mabuse (the name he adopted from his birthplace, maubeuge) or jennyn van hennegouwe (hainaut), as he called himself when he matriculated in the guild of st luke, at antwerp, in 1503. ==biography== thumb|left|jan gossaert-self portrait little is known of his early life. one of his earliest biographers, karel van mander, claimed he was from a small town in artois or henegouwen (county of hainaut) called maubeuge or maubuse. mabuse in karel van mander's schilderboeck, 1604, courtesy of the digital library for dutch literature other scholars have determined he was the son of a bookbinder who received his training at maubeuge abbey, while the rkd mentions there is evidence to support a claim that he was born in duurstede castle.32898 artist record for jan gossaert in rkd he is registered in the antwerp guild of saint luke in 1503. from 1508-9 he traveled to rome and in 1509-17 he is registered in middelburg. according to van mander he was one of the first flemish artists to bring back the italian manner of painting with lots of nudity in historical allegories. from 1517-24 he is registered at duurstede castle where according to the rkd, he had jan van scorel as pupil. from 1524 onwards he returned to middelburg as court painter to adolf of burgundy. he was a contemporary of lucas van leyden, and was influenced by artists who came before him, such as rogier van der weyden, the great master of tournai and brussels, and like him, his compositions were usually framed in architectural backgrounds. ==works==  gossaert shows antwerp influence in the large altar-pieces previously located at castle howard and scawby. the bright and decided contrasts of pigment in colored reliefs are like hans memling, and the cornered and packed drapery are like van der weyden, while the bold but socratic cast of face are like the works of quentin matsys. at scawby he illustrates the legend of the count of toulouse, who parted with his worldly goods to assume the frock of a hermit.encyclopÃ¦dia britannica, 1911 his altarpiece of the descent from the cross with heavy double doors in middelburg was admired by albrecht dÃ¼rer before the c
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