# Portrait of Jan Gossart

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## Artwork

- Artist: [SCHWARZ, Hans](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/schwarz-hans-ra1c1dd32320035>)
- Date: 1501-1550
- Technique: Bronze

## Commentary

Jan Gossart \(Mabuse\) was a Flemish painter, credited by Vasari with being the first to bring from Italy to the North the art of depicting &#39;historie&#39; and &#39;poesie&#39; with nude figures. The medal is inscribed IO MALBODIUS PICTOR AB IO NIGRO GERMANO AD VIVVM EXPRESSVS \(I Mabuse Painter by German Schwarz represented from life\).

## Related artworks

- [Konrad Peutinger](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/schwarz-hans-ra1c1dd32320035/konrad-peutinger-r1e9496f50071f0>)

## Attribution

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