Hugo van der Goes, portraitHugo van der GoesNetherlandish, 1440–1482

Descente de Croix

Painting · 65.5 × 105 cm

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Where is “Descente de Croix” now? Collection: Musée de Cambrai, Cambrai. Unknown.

Musée de Cambrai

Cambrai, France

The owner is known; whether it is on view today is not.

In this state since
Source
The museum

Details

Accession number
P.50

What it shows

In the catalog

Sources

  • Musée de Cambrai
  • Image: Musée de Cambrai — © Musée de Cambrai ; © Service des musées de France, 2026; Ministère de la Culture (France), base Joconde

In the life of Hugo van der Goes

The whole life
  1. c. 1440

    Born

  2. 1467

    A master of the Ghent guild

    Hugo van der Goes becomes a master in the Ghent painters' guild.

  3. 1467–1482 · Workplace

    Ghent

  4. 1474–1476

    Leading the guild

    Van der Goes serves as dean of the Ghent painters' guild.

  5. 1482

    A visit to Cologne

    The monastery sends Van der Goes to Cologne with his brother Nicolaes and another monk.

  6. 1482

    Died

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