Dr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 02/07/2026Today's artist w/out a (known) birthday: Hugo van der Goes of Ghent. Starting right off with his Portinari Altarpiece of 1475. In so many ways a masterpiece! 26512
Dr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 02/07/20262/2 Hugo's Portinari altarpiece is a BIG painting! Not out of place among all the Italian works at the Uffizi, where it lives now. Kind of startling in its monumentality. That's how its Italian patrons liked it. 1310
Peter Josyph @peterjosyph.bsky.social · 02/07/2026I’m always drawn to what’s happening but often only hinted at in the background… in this case what I’ll call peasants because the seem to be poorer folk rushing to see what all the fuss is about… 010
