Geertgen tot Sint Jans (c. 1460-1495) – A Life Shrouded in Mystery Geertgen tot Sint Jans, also known as Gerrit van Haarlem, Gerrit Gerritsz, Gheertgen, Geerrit (* c. 1465; Leiden, Netherlands † before 1495; Haarlem), was a Dutch painter of the Early Netherlandish Renaissance. Despite the scarcity of contemporary documentation concerning his life, he remains one of the most enigmatic figures in Northern European art history—a testamen…