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Early Netherlandish art
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Mater Dolorosa (Sorrowing Virgin), oil on panel by the workshop of Dieric Bouts, 1480/1500; in the Art Institute of Chicago. 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. Claus Sluter: Well of Moses Gothic mirror, detail from The Marriage of Giovanni Arnolfini and Giovanna Cenami by Jan van Eyck, 1434; in the National Gallery, London. Ghent Altarpiece Christus, Petrus: Portrait of a Carthusian
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Modified link of Web site: The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Early Netherlandish Painting. May 31, 2018
"Dirck Bouts" changed to "Dieric Bouts." Mar 23, 2012
Images added. Mar 23, 2012
Add new Web site: The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Early Netherlandish Painting. Dec 14, 2011
Article added to new online database. Jan 12, 2000
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