List of works by Hugo van der Goes

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The following is an incomplete list of paintings and drawings by the Early Netherlandish painter Hugo van der Goes. Attribution of his work has been difficult for art historians, and a great many works though, in the early to mid-20th century, to be by his hand are now accepted to be copies by members of his workshop or by followers. Often, when trying to establish attribution, if there was no documentary evidence, comparisons were made to his great 1470 Portinari Altarpiece , mentioned by Vasari. [1]

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Hugo appears to have left many drawings, and either from these or the paintings themselves followers made many copies of compositions that have not survived from his own hand.

Works

Paintings

WorkTitleDateTechniqueDimensionsMuseum
Hugo van der Goes (Gand, 1440 circa - Auderghem, 1482) Altare Monforte - Adorazione dei Magi (1470 circa) - Tecnica olio su tavola Dimensioni 147x242 cm - Gemaldegalerie, Berlin.jpg Monforte Altarpiece ca. 1470 oil on panel 147x242 cm + 9x76,3 cm Gemäldegalerie, Berlin
Hugo van der Goes 010.jpg The Death of the Virgin ca. 1470 oil on panel 147,8 x 122,5 cm Groeningemuseum Bruges
Hugo van der Goes 004.jpg Portinari Altarpiece ca. 1470 oil on panel 253 x 586 cm Uffizi, Florence
Hugo van der Goes 009.jpg   Goes - Lamentation of Christ - Vienna Diptych right.jpg Vienna Diptych ca. 1475 oil on panel 32,3x21,9 cm (links) en
34,4x22,8 cm (rechts)
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
St Hippolyte Triptych.jpg St Hippolyte Triptych (central panel attributed to Dieric Bouts) ca. 1475 oil on panel 92 x 41 cm (linkerluik) St. Salvator's Cathedral, Bruges
Hugo van der Goes Donor with St John the Baptist.jpg Portrait of a donor with John the Baptistca. 1475 olieverf op paneel 32 x 22.5 cm Walters Art Museum, Baltimore
Hugo van der Goes 007.jpg Portrait of a manca. 1475 oil on panel oval 31,8 x 26 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Hugo van der Goes - A Benedictine Monk.jpg A Benedictine Monkca. 1478 oil on panel 25.1 x 18.7 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Trinity Altarpiece.jpg Trinity Altarpiece ca. 1478 – 1479 oil on panel 4 maal 202x100.5 cm National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh
Hugo van der Goes small deposition - left.jpg Left panel of the Deposition Diptychca. 1480 tempera on canvas
53,5x38,5 cm
The Phoebus Foundation
Hugo van der Goes small deposition - right.jpg Right panel of the Deposition Diptychca. 1480 tempera on canvas
53,5x38,5 cm
Gemäldegalerie, Berlin
Hugo van der Goes 002.jpg Nativity with Shepherdsca. 1480 oil on panel
97x245 cm
Gemäldegalerie, Berlin
Hugo van der Goes - Mary with child.jpg Madonna and child (middle panel of a triptych) ca. 1480/1490 oil on panel 30 x 23 cm Städelsches Kunstinstitut, Frankfurt am Main

Drawings

WorkTitleDateTechniqueDimensionsMuseum
Hugo van der Goes - Jacob and Rachel.jpg Jacob and Rachelca. 1470 – 1475 Pen and wash heightened with white on gray paper 338x572 mm Christ Church, Oxford
Joseph and Asenath - Hugo van der Goes.jpg Joseph and Asenathca. 1475 Pen and yellowish-brown and dark brown ink, softly outlined in pen, remains of black stylus preliminary drawing (chalk?) on paper max. diameter 214 mm Ashmolean Museum, Oxford
Christ on the cross - Hugo van der Goes.jpg Christ on the crossca. 1475 – 1480 Brush and brown pigment, heightened with white, on grey-brown-violet grounded paper 258x204 mm Windsor Castle

Workshop

WorkTitleDateTechniqueDimensionsMuseum
Hugo van der Goes - Virgin and Child NG 3066.jpg Virgin and Child ca. 1485 32x21 mm National Gallery, London

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<i>Adoration of the Kings</i> (David, London) Painting by Gerard David

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<i>A Man and A Woman</i> (Campin) Two paintings by Campin

A Man and A Woman is the title sometimes used for a pair of oil and egg tempera on oak panel paintings attributed to the Early Netherlandish painter Robert Campin, completed c. 1435. Although usually considered pendants or companion pieces, they may also have been wings of a since dismantled diptych. The latter theory is supported by the fact that the reverse of both panels are marbled, indicating that they were not intended to be hung against a wall.

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