...Early Netherlandish paintingPanofsky, Erwin. Early Netherlandish Painting. London: Harper Collins, 1971 ISBN 0-06-430002-1 is the work of those painters who were active in the Low Countries during the 15th and early 16th century Northern renaissance, especially in the flourishing cities of Bruges and Ghent. It begins approximately with the career of Jan van Eyck, who was already championed as the "new Apelles" of northern European painting by Karel van Mander at the turn of the 17th century, and ends with Gerard David around 1520. Read full entry

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