. Stories of the Flemish & Dutch artists, from the time of the Van Eycks to the end of the seventeenth century . re theportrait of a man and a woman who are holdingeach other by the right hand, as though unitedby marriage, and Fidelity herself presides attheir union. This little picture was later foundin the possession of a barber at Bruges, who had,as I believe, inherited it. Madame Marie, auntof Philip of Spain, and widow of King Louis of 20 FLEMISH &> DUTCH ARTISTS Hungary, who fell in battle against the Turks,happened to see it, and, being possessed of apassion for art, was so ravished
. Stories of the Flemish & Dutch artists, from the time of the Van Eycks to the end of the seventeenth century . re theportrait of a man and a woman who are holdingeach other by the right hand, as though unitedby marriage, and Fidelity herself presides attheir union. This little picture was later foundin the possession of a barber at Bruges, who had,as I believe, inherited it. Madame Marie, auntof Philip of Spain, and widow of King Louis of 20 FLEMISH &> DUTCH ARTISTS Hungary, who fell in battle against the Turks,happened to see it, and, being possessed of apassion for art, was so ravished by the workthat to obtain it she gave the barber a post whichbrought him in annually a hundred florins. Jan died at Bruges at an advanced age andwas buried in the choir of the Church of ; but in 1442 his remains were re-moved to the interior of the church and buriednear the font. The church, however, no longerstands, having been destroyed during the Frenchoccupation of the town. All that remains ofJan van Eyck is his work, which will enjoy fameas long as there is any love of art an l^an Eyck PORTRAITS OF JEAN ARNOLFINI AND JEANNE DE CHENANY, HIS WIFE(National Gallery^ London) CHAPTER II HUGO VAN DER GOES It is a common thing, or at least frequent, thatwhen a man becomes distinguished in our artand reaps honours and fortune, parents are notso unwilling to direct their children, if they showaptitude for it, towards the study of this reason one might suppose that Jan vanEyck had had a number of pupils around him,but it has often been said that he had none at all. One pupil, however, may be named as his,namely Hugo van der Goes, who, being giftedwith great intelligence, became a painter beyondthe ordinary, and his master passed on to himthe method of painting in oil. Hugo was born at Ghent about the year 1435,and began to be famous as a painter at an earlyage; and although he died younger than was thecase with most of his fellows of that time,
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