The Glorification of the Virgin
Geertgen tot Sint Jans · 1490
Why it's great
Mary and the baby Jesus float in the center of a glowing circle, surrounded by rows of angels and saints. Geertgen tot Sint Jans painted it in about 1490, and the painting is full of rich golds and blues.
Where to see it
📍 Museum Boijmans Van BeuningenRotterdam, Netherlands
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Geertgen tot Sint Jans was a Dutch painter who was born in Leiden around 1460 and lived in a monastery in Haarlem, where his name means Little Gerard of the Brothers of Saint John. He died young, in his late twenties, around 1490.
