Flemish painter. His visit to Italy in 1508 started a new vogue in Flanders for Italianate ornament and classical detail in painting, including sculptural nude figures, as in his
Neptune and Amphitrite (
c. 1516, Staatliche Museen, Berlin).
His early works, in a purely Flemish style, include the
Adoration of the Magi (National Gallery, London), and
The Upright Judges (Musée Royal des Beaux-Arts, Antwerp). His triptych of
Adam and Eve, (1516, Berlin), on the other hand, clearly shows the influence of his visit to Italy.
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