movement: Flemish Primitives

instance of: painting (410) | triptych (45) | diptych (22) | drawing (11) | panel painting (9) | cycle of paintings (9) | altarpiece (8) | reredos (7) | polyptych (4) | winged altarpiece (4) | group of paintings (3) | painting series (2) | illumination (1) | ex-voto (1) | reliquary (1) | Presentation miniature (1)

commissioned by: Pieter Bladelin (1) | Nicolas Rolin (1) | Tommaso Portinari (1) | Pieter van Os (1) | Jean de Sedano (1) | Greverade family (1)

owned by: Benjamin Altman (6) | John G. Johnson (5) | Jules Bache (5) | Michael Friedsam (5) | Albert von Oppenheim (4) | Richard von Kaufmann (3) | Robert Lehman (3) | Dmitry Tatishchev (3) | Léopold Goldschmidt (3) | Mary of Hungary (2) | Gemäldegalerie (2) | National Gallery (2) | Adolph Thiem (2) | France (1) | Philip II of Spain (1) | Charles II of Spain (1) | Museum of Fine Arts (1) | Nicholas I of Russia (1)

genre: religious art (321) | portrait (83) | allegory (8) | nude (6) | genre art (6) | religious painting (5) | three-quarter portait (3) | full-length portrait (3) | Christian art (2) | history painting (2) | satire (1) | self-portrait (1) | genre painting (1) | portrait at bust length (1) | portrait painting (1) | animal art (1) | full-frontal portrait (1)

named after: Greverade family (1)

based on: Madonna and Child (3) | Book of Genesis (2) | New Testament (2) | Revelation of John (2) | Adoration of the shepherds (2) | Saint George and the Dragon (2) | Nativity of Jesus (1) | Annunciation (1) | Marriage at Cana (1) | flight into Egypt (1) | Madonna at the Fountain (1) | Bride of Christ (1) | Cutting the Stone (1) | Madonna of humility (1)

artist: Hans Memling (156) | Rogier van der Weyden (61) | Hieronymus Bosch (60) | anonymous (46) | Jan van Eyck (30) | Gerard David (29) | Robert Campin (24) | Petrus Christus (12) | Dieric Bouts (11) | Hugo van der Goes (8) | Hubert van Eyck (8) | Master of the Prado Adoration of the Magi (5) | Master of Flémalle (2) | Antonello da Messina (1) | Pietro Perugino (1) | Jan Provoost (1) | Jehan Bellegambe (1) | Master of the Legend of Saint Lucy (1)

depicts: Virgin Mary (69) | woman (60) | man (52) | Jesus Christ (46) | angel (38) | Child Jesus (36) | boy (24) | John the Baptist (18) | Mary Magdalena (15) | mother (14) | Annunciation (12) | John the Apostle (9) | Anthony the Great (9) | biblical Magi (8) | landscape (8) | John the Evangelist (8) | Catherine of Alexandria (7) | adoration (7)

material used: oil paint (409) | panel (244) | wood (87) | oak (58) | canvas (6) | ink (4) | tempera (4) | gold (2) | linen (2) | paper (1) | parchment (1) | vellum (1) | distemper (1) | silverpoint (1) | mixed technique (1)

collection: Metropolitan Museum of Art (34) | National Gallery (30) | Museo del Prado (26) | Gemäldegalerie (24) | Flemish Art Collection (23) | Department of Paintings of the Louvre (22) | Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen (18) | Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp (18) | Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium (15) | Berlin State Museums (14) | Bavarian State Painting Collections (14) | Uffizi Gallery (14) | Groeningemuseum (13) | National Gallery of Art (12) | private collection (12) | Kunsthistorisches Museum (11) | Rijksmuseum (11) | Städel Museum (8)

location: Metropolitan Museum of Art (30) | National Gallery (28) | Museo del Prado (25) | Gemäldegalerie (21) | Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen (18) | Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp (17) | Alte Pinakothek (14) | Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium (13) | Kunsthistorisches Museum (11) | Rijksmuseum (11) | Groeningemuseum (11) | National Gallery of Art (9) | Uffizi (8) | Städel Museum (8) | St. John's Hospital (8) | Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum (7) | Room 818 (7) | Gallerie dell'Accademia (6)

part of: Ghent Altarpiece (6) | Visions of the Hereafter (4) | Triptych of Vienne (4) | Triptych of Jan Crabbe (4) | The Pilgrimage of Life Triptych (4) | None (4) | St John the Baptist and Veronica Diptych (4) | Triptych Pagagnotti (4) | The Seven Sacraments (3) | Columba Triptych (3) | Christ with singing and music-making Angels (3) | Donne Triptych (3) | Diptych of Munich (3) | Triptych of the Rest on the Flight into Egypt (3) | Chicago diptych (3) | Tríptych of Benedetto Portinari (3) | The Flémalle Panels: St. Veronica with the Veil, Madonna Breastfeeding, The Trinity (3) | The Werl Triptych (2)

country of origin: Flanders (2) | Belgium (1) | Netherlands (1) | Habsburg Netherlands (1)

exhibition history: Exposition des primitifs flamands à Bruges (74) | Jheronimus Bosch - Visions of genius (23) | Prayers and Portraits, Unfolding the Netherlandish Diptych (7) | Europeana 280 (5) | Exposition des primitifs français (5) | From Van Eyck to Bruegel: Early Netherlandish Painting in The Metropolitan Museum of Art (3) | Masterpieces of Art: European Paintings and Sculpture from 1300–1800 (2) | Exhibition of Belgian Medieval Art (2) | The Bache Collection (2) | Hans Memling: Five Centuries of Fact and Fiction (2) | Museum of Fine Arts (1) | The Renaissance Portrait. From Donatello to Bellini (1) | Kunsthistorische Ausstellung (1) | Flemish Primitives: An Exhibition Organized by the Belgian Government Through the Belgian Information Center, New York (1) | Gerard David: Flanders's Last Medieval Master (1) | 30 Masterpieces: An Exhibition of Paintings from the Collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art (1) | Out of this World: An Exhibition of Fantastic Landscapes from the Renaissance to the Present (1) | Kara Walker at the Met: After the Deluge (1)

main subject: Madonna and Child (37) | Annunciation (15) | Adoration of the Magi (13) | Nativity of Jesus (8) | crucifixion of Jesus (7) | Pietà (6) | Sacra Conversazione (6) | lamentation of Christ (6) | Descent from the Cross (6) | Temptation of Saint Anthony (6) | rest on the flight into Egypt (5) | John the Baptist (4) | Nursing Madonna (4) | Ecce Homo (3) | Adoration of the shepherds (3) | Saint Luke painting the Virgin (3) | Day of Judgment (3) | Christ carrying the cross (3)

location of final assembly: 's-Hertogenbosch (2) | Netherlands (1) | Bruges (1) | Duchy of Brabant (1) | Tournai (1)

published in: European Paintings in The Metropolitan Museum of Art by Artists Born before 1865: A Summary Catalogue (3) | From Van Eyck to Bruegel: Early Netherlandish Painting in The Metropolitan Museum of Art (3) | A Concise Catalogue of the European Paintings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art (1) | The Unicorn Tapestries (1)

fabrication method: oil painting (5) | grisaille (1)