Hugo van der Goes - Portinari-Altar Overview Canvas Print

Portinari-Altar Overview by Hugo van der Goes. Great painting titled Portinari-Altar Overview, made by Hugo van der Goes. About Hugo van der Goes Hugo van der Goes was a Flemish painter. His most famous surviving work is the Portinari Triptych , an altarpiece commissioned for the church of San Egidio in the hospital of Santa Maria Nuova in Florence by Tommaso Portinari, the manager of the Bruges branch of the Medici Bank. The triptych arrived in Florence in 1483, apparently some years after its completion by van der Goes. The largest Netherlandish work that could be seen in Florence, it was greatly praised. Giorgio Vasari in his Vite of 1550 referred to it as by "Ugo d'Anversa" . This is the sole documentation for its authorship by Hugo; other works are attributed to him based on stylistic comparison with the altarpiece.