Where Is Death of the Virgin? See It at Groeningemuseum

Q: Where is this Death of the Virgin?

You can see it at Groeningemuseum in Bruges, Belgium. Hugo van der Goes created it. The apostles surround her bed with expressions of grief and awe.

Q: Who painted this Flemish work?

Hugo van der Goes, a leading 15th-century Flemish painter You can see it at Groeningemuseum. The apostles surround her bed with expressions of grief and awe.

Q: Who was Hugo van der Goes?

Hugo van der Goes was a Ghent painter whose emotionally intense religious works influenced Italian Renaissance art. His Portinari Altarpiece astonished Florentine artists with its realistic detail.

Hugo van der Goes executed this intensely emotional scene of the Virgin Mary's death. The apostles surround her bed with expressions of grief and awe.

Van der Goes was a major Flemish painter of the 15th century. This work is at the Groeningemuseum in Bruges.

You can see it at Groeningemuseum in Bruges, Belgium. Hugo van der Goes created it. The apostles surround her bed with expressions of grief and awe.

Hugo van der Goes, a leading 15th-century Flemish painter You can see it at Groeningemuseum. The apostles surround her bed with expressions of grief and awe.

Hugo van der Goes was a Ghent painter whose emotionally intense religious works influenced Italian Renaissance art. His Portinari Altarpiece astonished Florentine artists with its realistic detail.

Death of the Virgin

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