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Born c.1420 • Belgium
Died 1472 or 1473 • Brugge • Belgium
Movement / Style Early Netherlandish art • Flemish art

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Christus, Petrus: Portrait of a Carthusian
Christus, Petrus: Virgin with Saints Jerome and Francis
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Jan van Eyck: Portrait of a Man (Self-Portrait?)
Jan van Eyck
Netherlandish painter
Hans Memling
Netherlandish painter
Bouts, Dieric: Madonna and Child
Dieric Bouts
Netherlandish painter
Justus of Ghent
Netherlandish painter
Rogier van der Weyden
Netherlandish painter
Hugo van der Goes
Flemish artist
Quentin Massys
Flemish artist
Hiëronymus Bosch: The Garden of Earthly Delights
Hiëronymus Bosch
Netherlandish painter
David, Gerard: The Rest on the Flight into Egypt
Gerard David
Netherlandish painter
Gossart, Jan: Descent from the Cross
Jan Gossart
Netherlandish painter
Patinir, Joachim
Joachim Patinir
Flemish painter
Joos van Cleve: Death of the Virgin
Joos van Cleve
Netherlandish painter
Peter Paul Rubens: self-portrait
Peter Paul Rubens
Flemish artist
van Dyck, Anthony
Anthony van Dyck
Flemish painter
“The Annunciation,” oil on wood panel by Robert Campin; in the Musées Royaux des Beaux-Arts, Brussels
Robert Campin
Flemish painter
Antonello da Messina: Virgin Annunciate
Antonello da Messina
Italian painter
Crayer, Caspar de: The Descent from the Cross
Caspar de Crayer
Flemish painter
Orley, Bernard van: Banquet of the Children of Job
Bernard van Orley
Flemish painter
Bertholet Flémalle
Flemish painter
Pieter Bruegel II, the Younger
Flemish artist

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