The Bones of St. John the Baptist by GEERTGEN tot Sint Jans

GEERTGEN tot Sint Jans

(b. 1460/65, Leiden, d. 1490, Haarlem)

	The Bones of St. John the Baptist c. 1485 Oil on panel, 172 x 139 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
Geertgen's Lamentation and The Bones of St John the Baptist in the Vienna museum make him the ancestor of the painters of "collective portraits", of which Frans Hals and Rembrandt were to be the great masters.