Dictionary of painters and engravers . 55 I—I O —O CO is O 5o CO >oi—, w •s: 5= .a. ^ *, C/5 HJ3 W o<jv. w p ww PAINTERS AND ENGRAVERS. reredos in the church of the Friars Minor atBrussels, carved by John van Evere ; it repre-sented Our Lady and Child enthroned, with kneel-ing figures of Mary of Evreux, Duchess of Brabant,and Mary her daughter; the sculptor was paidthirty-eight ridders of four gros each, and Rogerforty ridders of fifty gros each, Flemish, besidessix livres for painting the arms of the Duke andDuchess on the shutters. In 1449 he went on apilgrimage to Rome for the juhilee
Dictionary of painters and engravers . 55 I—I O —O CO is O 5o CO >oi—, w •s: 5= .a. ^ *, C/5 HJ3 W o<jv. w p ww PAINTERS AND ENGRAVERS. reredos in the church of the Friars Minor atBrussels, carved by John van Evere ; it repre-sented Our Lady and Child enthroned, with kneel-ing figures of Mary of Evreux, Duchess of Brabant,and Mary her daughter; the sculptor was paidthirty-eight ridders of four gros each, and Rogerforty ridders of fifty gros each, Flemish, besidessix livres for painting the arms of the Duke andDuchess on the shutters. In 1449 he went on apilgrimage to Rome for the juhilee, and visited,amongst other towns, Ferrara and Milan, andperhaps also Florence. For Lionel of Estc hepainted The Expulsion of Adam and Eve fromParadise, The Descent from the Cross, and theportrait of the donor kneeling, which was longpreserved in the palace of Belfiore. After hisreturn to Brussels he received from Paul Pogio, aLucchese merchant established at Bruges, twentyducats of gold on account of these paintings. OnJune 16,1455, he was commissioned by John, abbotof St. Aubert
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