Hugo victor

2022 · 123042 — Face to Face with Hugo van der Goes. Old Master, New Interpretation. Exhibition: Bruges, Sint-Janshospitaal, 2022. 144 pages with 126 colour and 5 black and white illustrations. Hardback. 29 x 24.5cms. A re-examination of Flemish painter Hugo Van Der Goes (c. 1440-1482/1483), centred on his important painting 'The Death of the Virgin', which has just undergone an extensive five-year restoration. Chapters include an analysis of 'The Death of the Virgin' before and after restoration, a look at its iconographical sources, a discussion of Van Der Goes' life and work, including a summation of his extant oeuvre and known patrons, and a consideration of his influence on contemporary painters, both at home and abroad.