Hugo van der Goes worked at a period when the terms of art itself were being renegotiated.
The record lists Hugo van der Goes as Flemish painter (c.1440-1482).
Hugo van der Goes was born at Ghent in 1440. His recorded nationality is Burgundian Netherlands.
This was the period in which the artist became an individual with a signature, a reputation and a price.
He worked as painter, draftsperson and artist.
His recorded movement is early netherlandish painting.
Among his best-known works are Portinari Triptych, Adoration of the Shepherds and Death of the Virgin. An artist's reputation moves with taste, but the work stays exactly where it was left.
That the work was made in Burgundian Netherlands shaped it: artistic traditions, academies and the galleries that decide what is seen have never been evenly distributed.
Hugo van der Goes died in 1482, aged 42. The work remains, hanging in collections that outlived both the artist and the market that first priced it.
Achievements
- Notable work: Portinari Triptych
- Notable work: Adoration of the Shepherds
- Notable work: Death of the Virgin
- Notable work: Monforte Altarpiece
- Movement: Early Netherlandish painting
