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Bruges: Groeninge Museum
The city’s top fine-arts museum, the groeninge holds a
fabulous collection of early Flemish and dutch masters,
featuring artists such as Jan van eyck (c.1400–41) and
Hieronymous bosch (1450–94), famous for the strange
freakish creatures of his moral allegories. Hugo van der
goes (1440–82) is well represented too, as are gerard
david (c.1460–1523) and Hans memling (c.1430–94).
These early works are displayed on the ground floor
of the museum along with a collection of later belgian Museum Façade
painters, most notably Paul delvaux (1897–1994) and This 1930 gallery was extended in
1994 by architect Joseph Viérin. The
rené magritte (1898–1967). originally built between 1929 old entrance is based on that of a
and 1930, the museum is small and displays its collection Romanesque convent.
in rotation along with various temporary exhibitions.

. Death of the
Virgin (1470)
Hugo van der Goes’s
treatment of a popular
and emotionally charged
subject displays his
imaginative use of
composition. It is
also remarkable for
its range of carefully
observed expressions.

. The Moreel Triptych (1484)
Painted by German-born artist Hans
Memling, this panel was designed . Madonna with Canon van der Paele (1436)
to adorn the altar in a Bruges church. Jan van Eyck’s richly detailed work is noted for
The triptych is said to be one of the its precision. It shows St George present ing van
earliest portaits of a family group. Eyck’s patron, the canon, to St Donatian.
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