. The spell of Flanders; an outline of the history, legends and art of Belgium's famous northern provinces, being the story of a twentieth century pilgrimage in a sixteenth century land just before the outbreak of the great war . ted tothis master, The Death of the Virgin, in themuseum, and the panel representing the donorsin The Martyrdom of St. Hippolytus in thechurch of St. Sauveur. The greater part of thepaintings by Van der Goes in Belgium were de-stroyed by the iconoclasts in the sixteenth cen-tury, including several of which his contem-poraries and other early writers spoke in thehighes
. The spell of Flanders; an outline of the history, legends and art of Belgium's famous northern provinces, being the story of a twentieth century pilgrimage in a sixteenth century land just before the outbreak of the great war . ted tothis master, The Death of the Virgin, in themuseum, and the panel representing the donorsin The Martyrdom of St. Hippolytus in thechurch of St. Sauveur. The greater part of thepaintings by Van der Goes in Belgium were de-stroyed by the iconoclasts in the sixteenth cen-tury, including several of which his contem-poraries and other early writers spoke in thehighest terms. Frequent mention is made ofhis skill as a portrait painter, and Prof. A. , after a careful study of his knownworks throughout Europe, ascribes to him thefamous portrait of Charles the Bold in the mu-seum at Brussels. The early writers state thatprivate houses at Bruges and Ghent, as well aschurches, were filled with his works. Let ushope that some of these — hidden away duringthe religious wars or at the time of the icono-clasts — may yet be discovered and identified. Ghent, during the fifteenth century, was theartistic centre of Flanders, and the names, butnot the works, of many of its painters have. ?J-. i *-^. 1 .^^^ ^ * a ^ j^ — I -^m |E^ ^IJIM H™ SP ^ *^^ ^-*» J ^. , l,. ^\ 1 ... >i^ r ? ? _„.4 J Ghent Under Charles the Fifth 363 come down to us. One of the most celebratedof these in contemporary annals was G-erardVan der Meire, to whom tradition has assignedthe triptych of The Crucifixion in the ca-thedral of St. Bavon. This artist rose to highrank in the Guild of St. Luke, to which he wasadmitted in 1452, and a considerable numberof paintings in various European galleries areattributed to him. An Italian writer ascribesto him one hundred and twenty-five of the es?-quisite miniatures in the famous Grimani Bre-viary, now in the library of St. Marks at Ven-ice. If this were true. Van der Meire was in-deed a great artist, but this book was ill
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