Who painted “Landscape with Charon Crossing the Styx”?

“Landscape with Charon Crossing the Styx” was painted by Joachim Patinir in 1515. Where to see it: Museo del Prado.

What to look for

Northern Renaissance: compared with the Italian Renaissance it is less idealised and more detailed: wrinkles, every hair, sharp-edged objects and deep, jewel-like colour.

Joachim Patinir, also called Patenier (c. 1480 – 5 October 1524), was a Flemish Renaissance painter of history and landscape subjects. He was born in Wallonia, but in his mature career worked in Antwerp, then the centre of the art market in the Low Countries. Wikipedia

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More by Joachim Patinir

“Landscape with St Jerome”, 1516
“The Baptism of Christ”, 1510s
“Rest on the Flight to Egypt”, 1520
“Landscape with the Flight into Egypt”, 1515
“Saint Jerome in the Desert”, 1517
“The Penitence of Saint Jerome”, 1513
“Landscape with the Rest on the Flight”
“Landscape with St John the Baptist Preaching”, 1515–1519