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Early Netherlandish Painting

Early Netherlandish Painting quiz

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Which fruit signals wealth in the Arnolfini Portrait?

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  1. 1 Easy

    What does Jan van Eyck's motto 'Als ich can' mean?

    Answer: As I can

    Why: The words pun on his own name, and he often spelled them out in Greek letters.

  2. 2 Medium

    What was Hieronymus Bosch's real family name?

    Answer: Van Aken

    Why: He signed some works Jheronimus Bosch, taking the name from his hometown, 's-Hertogenbosch.

  3. 3 Hard

    Which peace treaty made Germany return Ghent Altarpiece panels?

    Answer: Treaty of Versailles

    Why: The same article also sent panels of Dieric Bouts's Last Supper altarpiece from Berlin and Munich back to Leuven.

  4. 4 Easy

    Where does Bosch's Garden of Earthly Delights hang today?

    Answer: Madrid

    Why: It reached the Spanish royal collection when Philip II bought it at auction in 1591.

  5. 5 Medium

    Where did the oak for most Netherlandish panels grow?

    Answer: The Baltic region

    Why: Matching a panel's tree rings to dated reference patterns gives the earliest year the painting could have been made.

  6. 6 Hard

    Whose pose echoes Christ's in Rogier's Descent from the Cross?

    Answer: The Virgin Mary

    Why: The figures crowd a space barely a shoulder-width deep, like a carved and painted relief.

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