Artist
Herri met de Bles
Southern Netherlands, 1510–1555
Herri met de Bles was a Southern Netherlands Northern Renaissance painter. 17 works are cataloged here, principally at Kunsthistorisches Museum, most of them oil paintings. Herri met de Bles was born in Bouvignes-sur-Meuse.
Herri met de Bles, also known as Henri Bles, Herri de Dinant, Herry de Patinir,(c. 1490 – after 1566), was a Flemish Northern Renaissance and Mannerist landscape painter, native of Bouvignes or Dinant (both in Wallonia, in present-day Belgium). He contributed, along with Joachim Patinir and Lucas Gassel, to a distinct style of Northern Renaissance landscape painting basically originating from Gerard David's works and combining small history or religious scenes into compositions defined by perspective and atmospheric effects. They all painted landscapes seen from a high viewpoint and rocky masses.
They did not aim to create a realistic depiction but an atmospheric effect. Herri met de Bles always included a few small figures involved in a religious episode or everyday activities such as mining, agriculture or trade.
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