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Forest Scene
by Gerard David
GenreLandscape
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Gerard David executed this woodland scene with the detailed naturalism characteristic of Netherlandish painting. The composition may have formed a background for a religious or mythological scene.
David was the last great painter of the Bruges school, known for religious works and landscapes. It hangs at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam.
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About Forest Scene
You can see it at Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Gerard David created it. Gerard David painted this woodland scene with the detailed naturalism characteristic of Netherlandish painting.
Gerard David was the last major painter of the Bruges school in the early 16th century You can see it at Rijksmuseum.
Gerard David was the last major painter of the Bruges school. His detailed landscapes and religious panels continued the tradition of Jan van Eyck and Hans Memling with refined technique and quiet devotion.
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