Herri met de Bles

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Herri met de Bles (also known as Herri de Dinant, Herry de Patinir, and Civetta) (born c. 1480/90 - c. 1550/60)

• Was a Flemish Northern Renaissance and Mannerist landscape painter.
• He was native of Bouvignes or Dinant.
• He is believed to be identical to a certain Herry de Patenir who joined Antwerp's Guild of St. Luke in 1535 as a painter.
• He may have been related to the landscape painter Joachim Patinir, perhaps as his nephew.
• His work was popular in Italy, where he was known as 'Civetta' because of the little owl that often appears in his paintings.
• The 17th-century biographer Karel van Mander regarded this motif as his signature.
• The name Herri met de Bles translates literally from Dutch as Herri with the blaze and was reportedly given him because of his characteristic white forelock.
• The notname of "Pseudo Bles" was invented to cover a number of Antwerp Mannerist paintings that had previously been attributed to de Bles, after it was recognised that this was wrong.
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Herri met de Bles, Christ Carrying the Cross, ca. 1535/40

Original, Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien. Visited in 2017/2020.

Herri met de Bles, Christ Carrying the Cross, ca. 1535/40

Herri met de Bles, Landscape with the Sermon of John the Baptist, ca. 1535-40

Original, Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien. Visited in 2017/2020.

Herri met de Bles, Landscape with the Sermon of John the Baptist, ca. 1535-40

Herri met de Bles, Landscape with the Parable of the Good Samaritan, ca. 1540

Original, Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien. Visited in 2017/2020.

Herri met de Bles, Landscape with the Parable of the Good Samaritan, ca. 1540

Herri met de Bles, Hell, 1540-1550

Original, Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien. Visited in 2017-2019.

Herri met de Bles, Hell, 1540-1550

Herri met de Bles, Rocky Landscape with a Forge (The Flight into Egypt), 16th century

Original, Szepmuveszeti - Museum of Fine Arts - Budapest. Visited in 2019.

Herri met de Bles, Rocky Landscape with a Forge (The Flight into Egypt), 16th century

Herri met de Bles, Landscape with Saint John the Baptist, c. 1540

Original, The Cleveland Museum of Art. Visited in 2020.

Herri met de Bles, Landscape with Saint John the Baptist, c. 1540

Herri met de Bles, Landscape with Saint John the Baptist, c. 1540

Herri met de Bles, Landscape with a Foundry, c.1535

Original, Šternberský palác, Praha. Visited in 2017-2021.

Herri met de Bles, Landscape with a Foundry, c.1535

Herri met de Bles, Landscape with a Foundry, c.1535

Herri met de Bles, Landscape with a Foundry, c.1535

Herri met de Bles, Landscape with a Foundry, c.1535

Herri met de Bles, Christ in Limbo, between early and mid-16th century

Original, DIA, Detroit Institute of Arts. Visited in 2020.

Herri met de Bles, Christ in Limbo, between early and mid-16th century

Herri met de Bles, St. Jerome in a Landscape, about 1540

Original, Dallas Museum of Art. Visited in 2020.

Herri met de Bles, St. Jerome in a Landscape, about 1540

Herri met de Bles, St. Jerome in a Landscape, about 1540

Herri met de Bles, Landscape with the Fire of Sodom

Original, The National Museum in Warsaw. Visited in 2021.

Herri met de Bles, Landscape with the Fire of Sodom

Herri met de Bles, Landscape with the Fire of Sodom

Herri met de Bles, Landscape with Saint John the Baptist Preaching

Original, Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Brussels. Visited in 2022.

Herri met de Bles, Landscape with Saint John the Baptist Preaching

Herri met de Bles, Landscape with Saint John the Baptist Preaching

Herri met de Bles, Landscape with a castle (fragment)

Original, Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Brussels. Visited in 2022.

Herri met de Bles, Landscape with a castle (fragment)