Juan de Flandes (c. 1460 – by 1519)
• Was a Flemish painter active in Spain from 1496 to 1519.
• His actual name is unknown, although an inscription Juan Astrat on the back of one work suggests a name such as "Jan van der Straat".
• Jan Sallaert, who became a master in Ghent in 1480, has also been suggested.
• He worked in the Early Netherlandish style.
• His works show the Early Netherlandish style of Ghent adapted to the Spanish taste and landscape.
• His colouring is refined, "with a preference for rather acid hues", and "while his feeling for space and light is sophisticated, a tendency to divide space into a succession of thin planes becomes a mannerism in his late works".
• The displayed painting is a crop from: Juan de Flandes, The Nativity, c. 1508-1519.
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