Maker/Artist
David, Gerard
Netherlandish painter, ca. 1460-1523, active in Flanders
David was born in the northern Netherlands, but he moved to Bruges as a young man and most of his work is stylistically closer to south Netherlandish art in the time of Jan van Eyck. David was skilled at synthesizing the art of several important south Netherlandish predecessors, adapting, for instance, the compositions of van Eyck and the technique of Hugo van der Goes. He was also influenced by Hans Memling, whose example led him to refine and polish his cruder northern Netherlandish style and to adopt the popular theme of the Virgin and Child enthroned. Comment on works: Religious
