Gerard David
(Netherlandish, ca. 1460–1523)
Place ActiveBruges, Europe
SchoolFlemish
BiographyDavid was born at Oudewater, near Gouda. By 1484 he was in Bruges, where in 1494 he came chief painter of the city. While documents show him working in Antwerp in 1515, he returned a few years later to Bruges, where he died.Source: Art in The Frick Collection: Paintings, Sculpture, Decorative Arts, New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1996.
