Artist
Jehan Bellegambe
Southern Netherlands, 1470–1534
Jehan Bellegambe was a Southern Netherlands Northern Renaissance painter. 8 works are cataloged here, principally at Art Institute of Chicago, most of them oil paintings. Jehan Bellegambe was born in Douai.
Jehan Bellegambe or Jean Bellegambe (sometimes Belgamb or Belganb) (c. 1470 – c. June 1535/March 1536) was a French-speaking Flemish painter of religious paintings, triptychs and polyptychs, the most important of which are now held at Douai, Arras, Aix, Lille, Saint Petersburg and Chicago. He was known as the 'master of colours' for the transparency and interplay of his colours. He is known as Jehan Bellegambe the elder to distinguish him from his descendants who were also called Jehan.
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