(b Ghent, c. 1440; d Rode Klooster, nr Brussels, 1482). South Netherlandish painter.

In 1467 he enrolled as master in the Ghent painters’ guild, sponsored by Joos van Wassenhove, master painter in Ghent in 1464 after registering in Antwerp in 1460. In 1469 the two together acted as guarantors for the illuminator Sanders Bening when he became a master, and it was from Hugo that Joos borrowed money when he went to Rome. Sanders Bening was married to Kathelijn van der Goes, perhaps Hugo’s sister. Hugo’s status within the guild is further attested by the fact that he was guarantor for two other painters in 1471 and 1475, that he was one of the dean’s jurors in 1468–9 and that he himself served as dean from towards the end of 1473–4 to at least 18 August 1475. He was employed regularly by the town of Ghent between 1468 and 1474 for the decorative ephemera essential to the pageants of public life.

• Goes, Hugo van der (1440-82)
  • Brussels, §III, 1: Art life and organization, before 1829
  • Ghent, §I, 2: Art life
  • Netherlands, the, §III, 2: Painting and graphic arts, c 1400–c 1525
  • attributions
    • Masters, anonymous, and monogrammists, §I: Master of the Khanenko Adoration
    • Masters, anonymous, and monogrammists, §I: Master of the Legend of St Ursula (i)
  • collaboration
    • Masters, anonymous, and monogrammists, §II: Master of 1499
  • copies
    • David, Gerard, §2: Working methods and technique
  • groups and movements
    • Renaissance, §3: Renaissance, 1450–c 1500
  • methods
    • Light, §4(i): History of light in Western painting, 13th–16th centuries
    • Panel painting, §2(ii): Construction
    • Portraiture, §III: Manufacture
  • patrons and collectors
    • Belgium, §III, 2(i): Panel, wall and glass painting, 1400–c 1550
    • Belgium, §XII, 1: Patronage, 15th century
    • Beurnonville, Etienne-Edmond-Martin de
    • Borbón y Braganza Sebastián Gabriel
    • Burgundy: (5) Charles the Bold
    • Edinburgh, §2: Art life and organization
    • Habsburg, §I: (18) Leopold William, Archduke of Austria
    • Italy, §III, 3(i)(c): Painting: Early Renaissance, c 1400–c 1500: Technique
    • Portinari, Tommaso
    • Scotland, §III, 1: Painting and graphic arts, before 1700
    • Scotland, §XII, 2: Patronage, c 1460–c 1660
  • works
    • Altarpiece, §2(ii)(b): Forms and development: c 1400– c 1600
    • Belgium, §IX, 1(i): Gold and silver, before 1600
    • Bouts: (1) Dieric Bouts I, §3: Posthumous reputation
    • Bruges, §II: Art life and organization
    • Burgundy: (6) Mary, Duchess of
    • Diptych
    • Guicciardini, Lodovico
    • Lamentation group
    • Landscape painting, §II, 3: 15th century
    • Organ shutters, §1: Formal constraints
  • workshop
    • Flags and standards, §1(v): European `true’ flags, from the Middle Ages