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Hugo van der Goes is regarded as one of the most significant portrait artists of 15th-century Europe. At that time portraiture was gaining importance in art because of the renewed importance attached to the individual fostered by the rise of humanism. [14] Portrait of a Man at Prayer with St John the Baptist.
- Flemish
- c. 1430/1440, probably Ghent
Hugo van der Goes (born c. 1440—died 1482, Roode Kloster, near Brussels [now in Belgium]) was one of the greatest Flemish painters of the second half of the 15th century, whose strange, melancholy genius found expression in religious works of profound but often disturbing spirituality. Early sources disagree about van der Goes’s birthplace ...
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Mar 31, 2023 · Hugo van der Goes (c. 1440–1482/83) was the most important Netherlandish artist of the second half of the 15th century. His works impress with their monumentality and intense colours as well as with their astonishing closeness to life and emotional expressivity. 540 years after the artist’s death, Berlin’s Gemäldegalerie will celebrate a premiere: for the first time, almost all of the ...
- Matthäikirchplatz, Berlin, 10785
- March 31, 2023
- July 16, 2023
Hugo van der Goes was probably born in Ghent, where he was active from 1467. He was the most important Ghent painter of the period after Jan van Eyck. His 'Portinari Altarpiece' arrived in Florence in 1483 where it made a considerable impression and influenced a number of artists, including Ghirlandaio.
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Hugo van der Goes (d. 1482) was the most noted painter in Ghent in the latter part of the fifteenth century. He was frequently engaged for producing decorations for civic celebrations and official processions, but is most famous for his large altarpieces, especially the <i>Portinari Altarpiece</i> (ca
Dec 6, 2023 · Hugo van der Goes, Portinari Altarpiece, center panel, c. 1476, oil on wood, 274 x 652 cm when open (Uffizi) Moving to the left side of the central panel, we see Joseph, Mary’s husband, clothed in a rich red drapery. His hands are together in a gesture of prayer or supplication, as he honors the newly born Christ child.
The Artist : Hugo van der Goes (ca. 1440–1482), born in Ghent, was one of the leading Flemish artists of the second half of the fifteenth century. Initially, Hugo followed in the grand tradition of the illusionism of Jan van Eyck’s paintings, with a palette of richly saturated colors and a clear organization of space that depended on single vanishing-point perspective
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