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Joos Van Cleve

Joos Van Cleve
Joos Van Cleve (unknown), Dutch, Joos Van Cleve is a Dutch artist, an enigmatic figure in the world of art. Very little reliable biographical information is available, and much of their creative journey remains lost to time.
Their surviving works speak in quiet tones — suggestive, poetic, and shrouded in mystery.
  • The Annunciation (ca. 1525)

    The Annunciation (ca. 1525)

    Joos Van Cleve (Dutch, unknown)

    A golden light spills through the window as the angel kneels, wings still trembling. Mary’s hands pause mid-stitch, the thread slack between her fingers. The room holds its breath—divinity intrudes on the ordinary, and everything after this moment will be different.