Artist: Gerard Horenbout (1465 - 1541)
Nationality: Flemish
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Media: Illuminator
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Biography:
Gerard Horenbout enered the guild of artists and illuminators of Ghent in 1487. He had a workshop that had several apprentices including his three sons. In the early 1500’s, he was commissioned by James IV to produce a book of hours and was named court painter by Margaret of Austria in 1515. In 1522, he moved to England, possibly to escape religious persecution or because of financial reasons. Horenbout was working for the English royal court by 1528.

Artworks in Museum Collections: (40)
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Spinola Hours
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Lucas van Leyden, St. Gerard, 1517
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Gerard Trignac, La Voie, 1981
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Gerard Trignac, L"Etranger, 1983
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Rembrandt Peale - Portrait of Jacob Gerard Koch c. 1817 oil on canvas Los Angeles County Museum of Art American
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Jacob Gerard Veldheer, Dorfstrasse, 1895
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Jacob Gerard Veldheer, Dorfstrasse, 1895
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Gerard Edelinck, Portrait of Goltzius, 1682
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Gerard Edelinck, Van Bouc, circa 1707
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Pierre-Jean David d'Angers - Francois-Pascal-Simon, Baron Gerard 1836-c. 1838 plaster National Gallery of Art French
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G. Metzeroth, Ney, after Gerard, 19th century
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GÈrard de Lairesse, Autumn, 17th - 18th century
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Gerard Edelinck, Portrait of D. Remigius du Laury, 1677
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GÈrard de Lairesse, Summer, 17th - 18th century
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Gerard Edelinck, Francois Pithou, circa 1700
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GÈrard de Lairesse, Spring, 17th - 18th century
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GÈrard de Lairesse, Winter, 17th - 18th century
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Aert Schouman, Portrait of Gerard Dou, 18th century
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Gerard Cochet, Le Cafe, 19th - 20th century
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Grandville (Jean Ignace Isidore GÈrard), A Dog Walking His Man, 1844
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Grandville (Jean Ignace Isidore GÈrard), All for 200 Tombones, 1844
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Grandville (Jean Ignace Isidore GÈrard), The Hybridgs, 1844
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Gerard Edelinck, Abraham Blomaert, circa 1707
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Pieter de Jode II, Gerard Segers, (after self-portrait), 17th century
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Grandville (Jean Ignace Isidore GÈrard), Vivace, 1829
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Henry Wolf, Gerard Dow, 19th - 20th century
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Gerard Edelinck, Titien, 17th - 18th century
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Gerard Edelinck, Louis, Duc de Bourgogne, 17th - 18th century
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Gerard Edelinck, Combat of Four Knights, 17th - 18th century
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GÈrard de Lairesse, Beata Theresia, 17th - 18th century
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Gerard Edelinck, Jean Racine, de l"AcadÈmie FranÁoise, 1700
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GÈrard de Lairesse, Diana and Endymion, 17th - 18th century
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Gerard Edelinck, Portrait of Durer, 17th - 18th century
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Johannes de Groot, Portrait of Gerard Dou, 17th - 18th century
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Gerard Edelinck, Jacques Blanchard Peintre ordinaire du Roy, 1696
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Gerard Edelinck, Sebastien Le Nain de Tillemont, circa 1700
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Gerard Edelinck, Portrait of Titian, 17th - 18th century
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Gerard Edelinck, The Holy Family, 17th - 18th century
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Gerard Edelinck, Jacques de Solleysel Escuyer du Roy, circa 1700
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Gerard Edelinck, Jean de La Fontaine de l"Academie FranÁoise, 1696

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J. Paul Getty Center: The Art of Giving in the Middle Ages
Gifts were an important part of the ceremony and diplomacy of medieval Europe, says Thomas Kren, the Museums curator of manuscripts. They were used to secure the ...

Further Artwork and Information:

Gerard Horenbout (Getty Museum)
Gerard Horenbout Online
Biography
Gerard Horenbout
artnet.com: Resource Library: Horenbout: (1) Gerard Horenbout
Horenbout, Gerard
Portraits of Lieven van Pottelsberghe and his Wife by HORENBOUT, Gerard
The Crucifixion (Getty Museum)
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The Book of Hours of Joanna I of Castile Joanna the Mad Finns Fine Books Facsimile Book Catalogue

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