Art by Hugo van der Goes
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Hugo van der Goes (c. 1440-1482) was a Flemish painter. Born in Ghent,
he entered the artists' guild there in 1467. He was later elected dean
of the guild. While serving as the dean he decorated the town of Ghent
in celebration of the marriage between Charles the Bold and Margaret
York, a move that would later earn him employment from the couple.
Art by Hugo van der Goes
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Hugo van der Goes (c. 1440-1482) was a Flemish painter. Born in Ghent,
he entered the artists' guild there in 1467. He was later elected dean
of the guild. While serving as the dean he decorated the town of Ghent
in celebration of the marriage between Charles the Bold and Margaret
York, a move that would later earn him employment from the couple.
Suffering from a mental illness caused by his relationship with
Elizabeth Wijtens, a sister of the Order of the Our Lady of the Rose of
Jericho in Brussels who had served as his model for a now-lost fresco
of The Meeting of David and Abigail, he retired to the Red Cloister
near Brussels around 1478 in the hopes that living in the monastery
would help him overcome his depression. He was considered a lay member
of the cloister. Van der Goes attempted suicide in 1480, and died two
years later.
He married Maria Maddalena Baroncelli in 1470 and had 10 children
His most famous work is the Portinari Triptych (c. 1475, Uffizi,
Florence), an altarpiece commissioned for the church of the hospital of
Santa Maria Nuova in Florence by Tommaso Portinari, the representative
of the Medici family in Bruges. However, other works include
Lamentations and The Fall of Man
