Early Netherlandish painting
Early Netherlandish painting flourished in the cities of Bruges, Ghent, Mechelen, Leuven, Tournai and Brussels, all in present-day Belgium. The period begins approximately with Robert Campin and Jan van Eyck in the 1420s and lasts at least until the death of Gerard David in 1523. The artists became an early driving force behind the Northern Renaissance and the move away...