# St Bavo

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## Artwork

- Artist: [GEERTGEN tot Sint Jans](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/geertgen-tot-sint-jans-ra75ad5229fbba2>)
- Date: 1451-1500
- Technique: Oil on canvas, 37 x 30 cm

## Commentary

Bavo is the patron saint of Gent and Lauwe, Belgium and Haarlem, the Netherlands. He is most often shown in Christian art as a knight with a sword and falcon. He was a knight and landowner who at the end of his life distributed his wealth to the poor and took monastic vows.

## Related artworks

- [Adoration of the Kings](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/geertgen-tot-sint-jans-ra75ad5229fbba2/adoration-of-the-kings-r193fc86223c595>)
- [Adoration of the Magi \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/geertgen-tot-sint-jans-ra75ad5229fbba2/adoration-of-the-magi-detail-r144cc374f403db>)
- [Adoration of the Magi](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/geertgen-tot-sint-jans-ra75ad5229fbba2/adoration-of-the-magi-r7cb9323092975f>)
- [Burning of the Bones of St John the Baptist](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/geertgen-tot-sint-jans-ra75ad5229fbba2/burning-of-the-bones-of-st-john-the-baptist-r62081b90ed75ba>)
- [John the Baptist in the Wilderness](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/geertgen-tot-sint-jans-ra75ad5229fbba2/john-the-baptist-in-the-wilderness-rfaea0ba9b4a049>)
- [Lamentation over the Dead Christ](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/geertgen-tot-sint-jans-ra75ad5229fbba2/lamentation-over-the-dead-christ-rb60b9629fe4480>)
- [Lamentation over the Dead Christ](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/geertgen-tot-sint-jans-ra75ad5229fbba2/lamentation-over-the-dead-christ-re4e9c93420c128>)
- [Man of Sorrows](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/geertgen-tot-sint-jans-ra75ad5229fbba2/man-of-sorrows-r73e67e670a1add>)
- [Nativity, at Night](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/geertgen-tot-sint-jans-ra75ad5229fbba2/nativity-at-night-r5f6dc1e31be8d8>)
- [The Bones of St. John the Baptist](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/geertgen-tot-sint-jans-ra75ad5229fbba2/the-bones-of-st-john-the-baptist-r4426549071a855>)
- [The Holy Kinship \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/geertgen-tot-sint-jans-ra75ad5229fbba2/the-holy-kinship-detail-r3bfa2f1aed1cea>)
- [The Holy Kinship \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/geertgen-tot-sint-jans-ra75ad5229fbba2/the-holy-kinship-detail-r450fabc7817272>)

## Attribution

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