VERMEYEN, Jan Cornelisz.
(b. ca. 1500, Beverwijk, d. 1559, Bruxelles)

St Donatian

1525-30
Oil on panel, 43 x 35 cm
Musée des Beaux-Arts, Tournai

Although it is sometimes attributed to Jan Gossart, this painting was executed by one of his followers, probably by the young Vermeyen.

St Donatian (d. 390) is the patron saint of Bruges, where his relics were enshrined in the ninth century.




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