Synopses & Reviews
The works of early Netherlandish painter Gerard David (ca. 1455-1523), an important figure of the Northern Renaissance, are freshly examined in this handsome book. One of the foremost scholars in the field presents new information resulting from a close examination of the world's largest collection of works by David, that in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
An introduction to the artist's working methods in his drawings, underdrawings, and documented paintings opens this fully illustrated scholarly treatment. The chapters that follow treat such subjects as David's origins and early works in Bruges, his development of the art of landscape painting, his response to a growing market demand in Bruges and Antwerp, and his accommodation to the interests of foreign patrons.
David's paintings are a key feature of the important exhibition "From Van Eyck to Bruegel" which opens at the Metropolitan in September 1998.