• Was a Flemish painter.
• Van der Goes was a painter of altarpieces as well as portraits.
• Attribution of his work has been difficult for art historians.
• The originals of a large portion of van der Goes's works have been lost.
• The painter Gerard David and the assistants in his workshop clearly took their inspiration from Hugo.
• The displayed painting is a crop from: Hugo van der Goes, A Benedictine Monk, ca. 1478.
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Hugo van der Goes, Portrait of an Old Man, ca. 1470–75
Hugo van der Goes, Portrait of an Old Man, ca. 1470–75
Hugo van der Goes, A Benedictine Monk, ca. 1478
Hugo van der Goes, A Benedictine Monk, ca. 1478
Hugo van der Goes or a member of his circle, The virgin and child with Saint Thomas, John the Baptist, Jerome,and Louis, c 1475
Original, Art Institute of Chicago. Visited in 2018.
Hugo van der Goes or a member of his circle, The virgin and child with Saint Thomas, John the Baptist, Jerome,and Louis, c 1475
Follower of Hugo van der Goes, Virgin and Child, c. 1485
Original, The National Gallery, London. Visited in 2018-19.
Follower of Hugo van der Goes, Virgin and Child, c. 1485
Hugo van der Goes, The Adoration of the Kings,(Monforte-Altar), c. 1470
Original, Staatliche Museum in Berlin, Gemäldegalerie. Visited in 2018.
Hugo van der Goes, The Adoration of the Kings,(Monforte-Altar), c. 1470
Hugo van der Goes, The Adoration of the Kings,(Monforte-Altar), c. 1470
Original, Staatliche Museum in Berlin, Gemäldegalerie. Visited in 2018.
Hugo van der Goes, The weeping of Christ, c. 1480
Original, Staatliche Museum in Berlin, Gemäldegalerie. Visited in 2018.
Attributed to Hugo van der Goes, Virgin and Child, c. 1470
Attributed to Hugo van der Goes, Virgin and Child, c. 1470
Attributed to Hugo van der Goes, Virgin and Child, c. 1470
Attributed to Hugo van der Goes, Virgin and Child, c. 1470
Hugo van der Goes, Diptych with the Fall of Man and Salvation, c. 1470-5
Original, Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna. Visited in 2017-2020.
Hugo van der Goes, Diptych with the Fall of Man and Salvation, c. 1470-5
Hugo van der Goes, Diptych with the Fall of Man and Salvation, c. 1470-5
Hugo van der Goes, Diptych with the Fall of Man and Salvation, c. 1470-5
Hugo van der Goes, „Saint Genoveva“, after 1480
Original, Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna. Visited in 2017-2020.
Hugo van der Goes, „Saint Genoveva“, after 1480
Follower of Hugo van der Goes, Virgin and Child
Follower of Hugo van der Goes, Virgin and Child
Follower of Hugo van der Goes, Virgin and Child
Workshop of Hugo van der Goes, St Anne, the Virgin and Child with a Franciscan Donor
Workshop of Hugo van der Goes, St Anne, the Virgin and Child with a Franciscan Donor
Hugo van der Goes, Portrait of a Man at Prayer with Saint John the Baptist, ca. 1475
Original, The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, Maryland. Visited in 2021. 
Hugo van der Goes, Portrait of a Man at Prayer with Saint John the Baptist, ca. 1475
