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Facts

Born c.1460 • Netherlands
Died August 13, 1523 • Brugge • Belgium
Notable Works “Judgment of Cambyses”
Movement / Style Flemish art • Ghent-Bruges school

Photos

David, Gerard: The Rest on the Flight into Egypt
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Hans Memling
Netherlandish painter
Oil painting by Jan van Eyck showing a man in dark clothing with a large, elaborate red turban, set against a dark background.
Jan van Eyck
Netherlandish painter
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Rogier van der Weyden
Netherlandish painter
Giotto: Lamentation
Giotto
Italian painter
Masaccio: Holy Trinity
Masaccio
Italian painter
Bellini, Giovanni: Saint Jerome Reading
Giovanni Bellini
Italian painter
Piero della Francesca: The Flagellation of Christ
Piero della Francesca
Italian painter
Fra Filippo Lippi: Madonna and Child
Fra Filippo Lippi
Italian painter
The Birth of the Virgin, fresco by Domenico Ghirlandaio, 1486–90; in the choir of Santa Maria Novella, Florence.
Domenico Ghirlandaio
Italian painter
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Paolo Uccello
Italian painter
Baptism of Christ
Masolino
Italian painter
Domenico Veneziano: Madonna and Child Enthroned with St. Francis, John the Baptist, St. Zenobius, and St. Lucy
Domenico Veneziano
Italian painter
Lippi, Filippino: The Meeting of Joachim and Anne Outside the Golden Gate of Jerusalem
Filippino Lippi
Italian painter
“Battle of Alexander at Issus,” detail of an oil painting on panel by Albrecht Altdorfer, 1529; in the Alte Pinakothek, Munich
Albrecht Altdorfer
German artist
Saint Anne with the Virgin and Child
Michael Wolgemut
German artist
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Wolf Huber
Austrian artist
Peter Paul Rubens: self-portrait
Peter Paul Rubens
Flemish artist
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Hugo van der Goes
Flemish artist
Orley, Bernard van: Banquet of the Children of Job
Bernard van Orley
Flemish painter
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Jacques Daret
French painter

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