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Two Wings of an Altarpiece depicting Saints John the Baptist and Catherine in Niches Surmounted by Angels

1515·Pen and brown ink, gray wash, squared with black chalk or graphite; framing line in pen and brown ink, by the artist; on two separate pieces of paper, later laid down·Sheet: 8 1/16 × 6 7/16 in. (20.4 × 16.3 cm)

Catalogue

Year: 1515
Medium: Pen and brown ink, gray wash, squared with black chalk or graphite; framing line in pen and brown ink, by the artist; on two separate pieces of paper, later laid down
Dimensions: Sheet: 8 1/16 × 6 7/16 in. (20.4 × 16.3 cm)
Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Artist: Jan van Scorel

Artist

Jan van Scorel

Painting

Jan van Scorel was a Dutch painter, who played a leading role in introducing aspects of Italian Renaissance painting into Dutch and Flemish Renaissance painting. He was one of the early painters of the Romanist style who had spent a number of years in Italy, where he thoroughly absorbed the Italian style of painting. His trip to Italy coincided with the brief reign of the only Dutch pope in history, Adrian VI in 1522–23. The pope made him a court painter and superintendent of his collection of antiquities. His stay in Italy lasted from 1518 to 1524 and he also visited Nuremberg, Venice and Jerusalem. Venetian art had an important impact on the development of his style.

Schoorl, Netherlands

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