Skip to content

GOES, Hugo van der: The Death of the Virgin

🖼 The Death of the Virgin, c. 1480
Oil on wood
147.8 × 122.5 cm
Bruges, Belgium

Grief-stricken apostles surround the Virgin's deathbed in luminous detail, their anguished faces rendered with piercing psychological intensity. Van der Goes's masterwork epitomizes Flemish devotional art, merging intimate human emotion with spiritual transcendence to create an unprecedented emotional depth that revolutionized Northern European painting.

The story of art
The story of art
E. H. Gombrich
tap to buy ↗
We recommend Bookshop.org — supports independent bookstores
We recommend Bookshop.org — supports independent bookstores