Who created "Hugo van der Goes Making a Portrait of Mary of Burgundy"?

Hugo van der Goes Making a Portrait of Mary of Burgundy was created by Wilhelm (Guillaume) Koller in ca. 1872.

What medium is "Hugo van der Goes Making a Portrait of Mary of Burgundy"?

Hugo van der Goes Making a Portrait of Mary of Burgundy is Oil on wood.

Is "Hugo van der Goes Making a Portrait of Mary of Burgundy" in the public domain?

Yes, Hugo van der Goes Making a Portrait of Mary of Burgundy is in the public domain and available for free download under CC0 license.

Hugo van der Goes Making a Portrait of Mary of Burgundy

Q: When was "Hugo van der Goes Making a Portrait of Mary of Burgundy" created?

This artwork was created ca. 1872.

Wilhelm (Guillaume) Koller

ca. 1872

Medium

Oil on wood

Dimensions

23 3/8 x 34 in. (59.4 x 86.4 cm)

Classification

Paintings

Department

European Paintings

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Bequest of Stephen Whitney Phoenix, 1881

Accession Number

81.1.662

Tags

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About this artwork

This painting by Wilhelm (Guillaume) Koller, created around 1872, imagines a historical encounter between Hugo van der Goes, one of the most important Netherlandish painters of the fifteenth century, and Mary of Burgundy, daughter of Charles the Bold and one of medieval Europe's most powerful and cultured women. Such historical genre paintings became extremely popular during the nineteenth century as Romantic and Victorian artists sought to recreate pivotal moments from the past, often taking co...

Hugo van der Goes Making a Portrait of Mary of Burgundy

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