Hugo van der Goes

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Hugo van der Goes was a leading Flemish painter of the Northern Renaissance, renowned for his emotionally intense religious altarpieces and innovative use of color and composition.

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instanceOf Flemish painter
Northern Renaissance painter
person
activeIn Bruges
Ghent
birthPlace County of Flanders
Ghent
birthYear circa 1440
countryOfCitizenship County of Flanders
deathPlace Roode Klooster
linked to: Abbey of Middelburg

near Brussels
deathYear 1482
era 15th century
genre altarpiece
religious art
hasWorkInCollection Gemäldegalerie, Berlin
Groeningemuseum, Bruges
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
Uffizi Gallery
healthIssue mental illness
influenced Domenico Ghirlandaio
Florentine painters
Italian Renaissance art
joined Roode Klooster monastery
knownFor emotionally intense religious imagery
innovative composition
innovative use of color
memberOf Guild of Saint Luke in Ghent
movement Early Netherlandish painting
Northern Renaissance
name Hugo van der Goes
notableWork Adoration of the Shepherds (Portinari Altarpiece central panel)
Death of the Virgin
Fall of Man and Lamentation (Vienna diptych)
Lamentation of Christ (Vienna)
Monforte Altarpiece
Nativity (Berlin)
Portinari Altarpiece
occupation painter
patron Tommaso Portinari
religion Roman Catholicism
styleCharacteristic complex spatial composition
expressive facial expressions
monumental figures
rich, saturated color
subjectOf art historical research
workLocation Brussels region
Flanders

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Northern Renaissance hasNotableArtist Hugo van der Goes
Rogier van der Weyden influenced Hugo van der Goes
Hugo van der Goes name Hugo van der Goes
Flemish Primitives art hasNotableArtist Hugo van der Goes