# Christian Allegory

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## Artwork

- Artist: [PROVOST, Jan](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/provost-jan-r1dc45a6b18d192>)
- Date: 1501-1550
- Technique: Oil on wood, 50 x 40 cm

## Commentary

Jan Provost belongs to the first generation of 16th-century Netherlandish artists, but his style nevertheless remains firmly indebted to the Flemish tradition of the 15th century. While the 1500s saw the spread of Italian classicism and the Mannerist style throughout Europe, the strength of the Flemish legacy meant that it survived and developed along a different path to classicism and that the two trends coexisted. This allegory represents the Cosmos in the hand of God in the presence of Christ and the Church \(or the Virgin Mary\).

## Related artworks

- [Abraham, Sarah, and the Angel](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/provost-jan-r1dc45a6b18d192/abraham-sarah-and-the-angel-r7990db7c405882>)
- [Crucifixion](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/provost-jan-r1dc45a6b18d192/crucifixion-r54e7c498db9157>)
- [Crucifixion](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/provost-jan-r1dc45a6b18d192/crucifixion-rc50e7f65d8ba0e>)
- [Death and the Miser](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/provost-jan-r1dc45a6b18d192/death-and-the-miser-r951dbc11e753e0>)
- [Donor with St Nicholas and his Wife with St Godelina](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/provost-jan-r1dc45a6b18d192/donor-with-st-nicholas-and-his-wife-with-st-godelina-r6f0df06b2c1452>)
- [Last Judgment](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/provost-jan-r1dc45a6b18d192/last-judgment-r8da70d65cbcb3a>)
- [Portrait of a Female Donor](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/provost-jan-r1dc45a6b18d192/portrait-of-a-female-donor-ra3955d26c1040b>)
- [The Coronation of the Virgin \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/provost-jan-r1dc45a6b18d192/the-coronation-of-the-virgin-detail-rccfaf95cdc92ba>)
- [The Coronation of the Virgin](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/provost-jan-r1dc45a6b18d192/the-coronation-of-the-virgin-rb6bbc05936280c>)
- [The Martyrdom of St Catherine](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/provost-jan-r1dc45a6b18d192/the-martyrdom-of-st-catherine-rf0cd4bca793bcd>)
- [Virgin and Child](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/provost-jan-r1dc45a6b18d192/virgin-and-child-r12b3478a4287a2>)
- [Virgin and Child](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/provost-jan-r1dc45a6b18d192/virgin-and-child-r99ba5b715acb55>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)