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DiaporamaThe Calling of Saint Matthew
601
111.0cm x 151.0cm
According to the New Testament, Matthew was a tax collector who received a summons from Christ to abandon his way of life and become an apostle. Van Hemessen imagined the scene as a swirling vortex of limbs making conflicting gestures in a miniature drama. Technical examination has revealed that this version is a high-quality early-seventeenth-century copy of Van Hemessen’s original in Vienna, indicating the persistent popularity of his innovative paintings on the Antwerp art market.
Jan Sanders van Hemessen (1500 – 1566)
Jan Sanders van Hemessen (c. 1500-1566) was a key Flemish Renaissance painter of the Romanist school, known for pioneering genre painting & moralizing scenes with contemporary detail. Influenced by Italian art, he foreshadowed Mannerism and developed
About this artwork
- Title: The Calling of Saint Matthew
- Artist: Jan Sanders van Hemessen
- Year: 601
- Original dimensions: 111.0cm x 151.0cm
- Format: Landscape
- Copyright status: Public domain
- Color palette: Earthy
- Color intensity: Balanced
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