Barthel Bruyn the Elder
German, 1493–1555
No signed paintings by the artist are known, but his oeuvre has been reconstructed around two documented altarpieces. Several dated works permit the establishment of a general chronology. Earlier paintings (to the mid-1520s) show the influence of Jan Joest and especially Joos van Cleve. Beginning in the late 1520s Bruyn's work reflects the Netherlandish "Romanism" of Jan van Scorel (1495-1562) and Maerten van Heemskerck. In addition to painting large altarpieces and private devotional works, Bruyn was a gifted and prolific portraitist.
Netherlandish, before 1420–1495