List of works by Hugo van der Goes explained

The following is an incomplete list of paintings and drawings by the Early Netherlandish painter Hugo van der Goes. Attribution of his work has been difficult for art historians, and a great many works though, in the early to mid-20th century, to be by his hand are now accepted to be copies by members of his workshop or by followers. Often, when trying to establish attribution, if there was no documentary evidence, comparisons were made to his great 1470 Portinari Altarpiece, mentioned by Vasari.[1]

Hugo appears to have left many drawings, and either from these or the paintings themselves followers made many copies of compositions that have not survived from his own hand.

Works

Paintings

Work ! Title Date ! Technique Dimensions ! Museum - Monforte Altarpiece ca. 1470 oil on panel 147x242 cm + 9x76,3 cm - The Death of the Virgin ca. 1470 oil on panel 147,8 x 122,5 cm Groeningemuseum Bruges - Portinari Altarpiece ca. 1470 oil on panel 253 x 586 cm -   Vienna Diptych ca. 1475 oil on panel 32,3x21,9 cm (links) en
34,4x22,8 cm (rechts)
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna - St Hippolyte Triptych (central panel attributed to Dieric Bouts) ca. 1475 oil on panel 92 x 41 cm (linkerluik) - Portrait of a donor with John the Baptist ca. 1475 olieverf op paneel 32 x 22.5 cm - Portrait of a man ca. 1475 oil on panel oval 31,8 x 26 cm - A Benedictine Monk ca. 1478 oil on panel 25.1 x 18.7 cm - Trinity Altarpiece ca. 1478 – 1479 oil on panel 4 maal 202x100.5 cm - Left panel of the Deposition Diptych ca. 1480 tempera on canvas - Right panel of the Deposition Diptych ca. 1480 tempera on canvas - Nativity with Shepherds ca. 1480 oil on panel - Madonna and child (middle panel of a triptych) ca. 1480/1490 oil on panel 30 x 23 cm

Drawings

Work ! Title Date ! Technique Dimensions ! Museum - Jacob and Rachel ca. 1470 – 1475 Pen and wash heightened with white on gray paper 338x572 mm - Joseph and Asenath ca. 1475 Pen and yellowish-brown and dark brown ink, softly outlined in pen, remains of black stylus preliminary drawing (chalk?) on paper max. diameter 214 mm - Christ on the cross ca. 1475 – 1480 Brush and brown pigment, heightened with white, on grey-brown-violet grounded paper 258x204 mm

Workshop

Work ! Title Date ! Technique Dimensions ! Museum - Virgin and Child ca. 1485 32x21 mm National Gallery, London

Sources

Notes and References

  1. Campbell, 240