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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

Candlelit mourning surrounds the Virgin's deathbed, rendered in meticulous Flemish detail with jewel-toned robes and architectural depth. Van der Goes captures spiritual transcendence through earthly grief, influencing Northern Renaissance devotional imagery and establishing the scene as a cornerstone of Late Medieval religious art.

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