Madonna of the Daffodils with the Christ Child and Donors

Jan van Scorel played an important role in Netherlandish art through his dissemination of Italian Renaissance ideas and models. Van Scorel combined his activities as a painter with ecclesiastic posts and with other interests that included engineering and archaeology. In 1540 he collaborated on the decoration for the entry of Charles V into the city of Utrecht. Karel van Mander’s biography is one o…