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The Adoration of the Shepherds Lamentation, oil on panel by Hugo van der Goes, 15th century; in the Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Detail of Adoration of the Magi, oil on canvas by Hugo van der Goes, 15th century; in the Hermitage, St. Petersburg. The Adoration of the Shepherds, centre panel of the Portinari Altarpiece by Hugo van der Goes, c. 1474–76; in the Uffizi Gallery, Florence. Flowers, detail from the central panel of the Portinari Altarpiece by Hugo van der Goes, c. 1476; in the Uffizi Gallery, Florence. The scattered violets indicate Christ's humility; the columbine flowers represent the seven gifts of the Holy Spirit with which Christ was endowed at birth. The flowers in the albarello (pottery jar) are in royal colours, for Christ was of the royal line of the Israelite King David.
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Born c.1440
Died 1482 • Belgium
Movement / Style Early Netherlandish art • Flemish art • Renaissance art • Renaissance

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The Adoration of the Shepherds
Lamentation, oil on panel by Hugo van der Goes, 15th century; in the Hermitage, St. Petersburg.
Detail of Adoration of the Magi, oil on canvas by Hugo van der Goes, 15th century; in the Hermitage, St. Petersburg.
The Adoration of the Shepherds, centre panel of the Portinari Altarpiece by Hugo van der Goes, c. 1474–76; in the Uffizi Gallery, Florence.
Flowers, detail from the central panel of the Portinari Altarpiece by Hugo van der Goes, c. 1476; in the Uffizi Gallery, Florence. The scattered violets indicate Christ's humility; the columbine flowers represent the seven gifts of the Holy Spirit with which Christ was endowed at birth. The flowers in the albarello (pottery jar) are in royal colours, for Christ was of the royal line of the Israelite King David.
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