
The Adoration of the Christ Child
Jacob Cornelisz. van OostsanenWorkshop of Jacob Cornelisz. van Oostsanen

Renaissance Painter · Active 1510 – 1510
Jacob Cornelisz. van OostsanenWorkshop of Jacob Cornelisz. van Oostsanen is among the painters whose work defines the Renaissance era. Paintale holds 1 of Oostsanen's works in its collection, spanning themes of power & politics.
Where to see the work: Art Institute of Chicago.
Working at the height of the Renaissance period, Jacob Cornelisz. van OostsanenWorkshop of Jacob Cornelisz. van Oostsanen produced a body of work that remains foundational to Western art. The recurring themes across the surviving paintings — power & politics — show an artist returning to the same questions about the human figure, light, and the moral weight of a scene that Renaissance painting was uniquely equipped to answer.
Museums now holding Jacob Cornelisz. van OostsanenWorkshop of Jacob Cornelisz. van Oostsanen's work include Art Institute of Chicago. On each painting's page here, we go beyond the caption to cover subject, symbolism, technique, and provenance — the context a modern viewer needs to see what the original audience saw.
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