Berruguete is not to be confused with the enigmatic painter Pietro Spagnuolo, documented at Urbino in 1477, who resided in the court and was presumably highly.!
Justus van Gent
15th century Flemish painter
Justus van Gent or Joos van Wassenhove[1] (c. 1410 – c. 1480) was an Early Netherlandish painter, perhaps from Ghent, who after training and working in Flanders later moved to Italy where he worked for Federico da Montefeltro, duke of Urbino, and was known as Giusto da Guanto, or in modern Italian Giusto di Gand etc.
File:Giusto di gand e pedro berruguete, uomini illustri dallo studiolo di federico da montefeltro a urbino, 1473-76 ca., 14 s.
The artist is known for his religious compositions executed in the early Netherlandish idiom and a series of portraits of famous men, which show the influence of early Italian Renaissance painting.[2]
Life
Very little is known about the early life of Joos van Wassenhove.
It is believed that the artist referred to by Vasari and Guicciardini as 'Giusto da Guanto' (i.e. 'Justus of Ghent') is the painter Joos van Wassenhove, who became a member of the Antwerp Guild of St. Luke in 1460 and a freemaster in the Ghent painters' guild in 1464.
While in Ghent, he vouched for Hugo