Portrait of a young girl

Petrus Christus, circa 1460

oil on wood, 29 × 22,5 cm

Staatliche Museen, Berlin

Petrus Christus, born 1410/1420 in Antwerpen, dead 1472 in Bruges, flemish painter, active in Bruges from 1444. Jump to: navigation, search Image File history File links 250px-Christuswoman. ... Events The first Portuguese navigators reach the coast of modern Sierra Leone. ... Events July 15 – Lithuanian forces under the cousins Władysław Jagiełło of Poland and Witowt of Lithuania decisively defeat the forces of the Teutonic Knights, whose power is broken Jan Hus is excommunicated by the Archbishop of Prague. ... Events May 21 - Treaty of Troyes. ... For other uses, see Antwerp (disambiguation). ... Events February 20 - The Orkneys and Shetlands are annexed to the crown of Scotland Discovery of Newfoundland by Didrik Pining and João Vaz Corte-Real. ... Sometimes referred to as the Venice of the North, Bruges has many waterways that run through the city. ... Flemish (in Dutch, Vlaams) can either refer to Anything belonging to Flanders (the Flemish nation) or to its inhabitants, the Flemings. ...

Petrus Christus was a student of and successor to Jan van Eyck, and all his paintings have sometimes been confused with van Eyck's. At the death of Van Eyck in 1441, he took over his master's workshop. For long only seen in his great master's light, the latest research brings out Christus in his own right as an independent painter. In addition, Christus painting shows clear influences from, among others, Dirk Bouts, Robert Campin and Rogier van der Weyden. The Arnolfini Portrait, painted 1434 Jan van Eyck (c. ... Jump to: navigation, search Dirk Bouts or Dieric Bouts (d. ... A typical painting attributed to Campin Robert Campin (1378–April 26, 1444) is sometimes considered the first great master of Flemish painting. ... Deposition by Roger van der Weyden (c. ...

It is still not known if Christus visited Italy, and brought the style and technical accomplishments of the greatest Northern European painters to Antonello da Messina and other Italian artists. Jump to: navigation, search Antonello da Messina (c. ...

The captivating Portrait of a Young Girl belongs among the masterworks of Flemish painting, marking a new development phase in its portrait art. It does no longer show the young woman in front of an indefinite backgrond, but in a concrete, through the wall panels defined room. The unknown woman radiates an aura of discretion and of nobility, and the picture has a both fascinating and unattainable effect. The exquisite clothing suggests that she might come from France.

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