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Jan Provoost (1465-1529)
Aliases: Jan Prevost; Jan (2) Prevost; John Prevost; Provost; Jan Provost; Jan (1465) Provost; John Provost
Professions: Painter; Flower painter
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The Angel of the Annunciation in a stone niche
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PROVOOST, JAN
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Jan Provost (Bergen-Mons circa 1465-1529 Bruges)
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Circle of Jan Provost (Mons circa 1462-1529 Bruges) The Nativity (recto); and The Angel Annunciate (verso)
Jan Provoost Biography
(b Bergen-Mons, Henegouwen, c. 1465; d Bruges, Jan 1529). South Netherlandish painter. He probably came into contact with Simon Marmion, the renowned painter and book illuminator from Valenciennes, via Jacquemart Pilavaine, a publisher and illuminator in his native Bergen. Provoost married Marmion’s widow, Jeanne de Quaroube, before 1491, and it is thus assumed that Marmion was his teacher. In 1493 Provoost moved to Antwerp, a promising town for artists, where he registered as a master in the Guild of St Luke, but in 1494 he travelled to Bruges. He became a citizen there and soon played an important part in the painters’ guild. In 1506 Maximiliaen Frans (1490–1547) was his pupil. Provoost received commissions for decorative work from the town council and church authorities in 1509, 1513 and 1520, the year of the Triumphal Entry of Charles V into Bruges, for which he worked on the decorations. He returned to Antwerp the same year to meet Albrecht Dürer, who may have drawn his portrait. Dürer visited Bruges in April 1521 and was Provoost’s guest. Of Jan Provoost’s children, Adriaen Provoost (b 1508) became a painter and Thomas Provoost a glassmaker, both active in Bruges. Jan Provoost’s time as a pupil in a northern French miniaturist’s workshop was of decisive influence on his later oeuvre. His work radiates assurance, with its precise drawing, restrained expression and airy landscapes, and he was successful in Bruges, where there was little competition after Hans Memling’s death in 1494.
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Jan Provoost
Tulip - mixed media - signed Size: 5.5" x 3.5"
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