Jan Sanders van Hemessen

Painting, Visual Artist

1500 – 1566

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Who was Jan Sanders van Hemessen?

Jan Sanders van Hemessen was a Flemish Northern Renaissance painter. He played an important role in the development of genre painting, with large scenes with religious or moral subjects, but a crowded group of strongly characterized figures, focusing on human failings such as greed and vanity. He also painted portraits.

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Born
1500
Hemiksem
Also known as
  • Хемессен, Ян ван
Died
1566
Haarlem

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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