Aelbrecht Bouts (1452 - March 1549) was a Flemish painter of the Early Netherlandish era. His first name is sometimes spelled ‘Albert’, ‘Aelbert’ or ‘Albrecht’. He was born into a family of painters in

Leuven Leuven (, ) or Louvain (, , ; german: link=no, Löwen ) is the capital and largest city of the province of Flemish Brabant in the Flemish Region of Belgium. It is located about east of Brussels. The municipality itself comprises the historic ...

. Aelbrecht’s father was

Dieric Bouts the Elder Dieric Bouts (born c. 1415 – 6 May 1475) was an Early Netherlandish painter. Bouts may have studied under Rogier van der Weyden, and his work was influenced by van der Weyden and Jan van Eyck. He worked in Leuven from 1457 (or possibly earlier) ...

(c. 1415-1475), and his brother was Dieric Bouts the Younger (c. 1448-1490). Jan Bouts (c. 1478-c. 1530), son of Dieric Bouts the Younger, also became a painter. Dieric Bouts the Younger inherited his father’s shop in 1475, while Aelbrecht established his own workshop, also in

. Whereas Dieric the Younger continued in his father's style, Aelbrecht developed his own unmistakable style with strong colors, rich texture and fine details. He died in Leuven. Bob Jones University Museum & Gallery (Greenville, South Carolina), the McNay Art Museum (San Antonio, Texas), the Cleveland Museum of Art, the

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(Cambridge),

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, the Honolulu Museum of Art, the

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(Hanover, New Hampshire), the Norton Simon Museum (Pasadena, California), the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art (Kansas City, Missouri), the

Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium The Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium (french: Musées royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique, nl, Koninklijke Musea voor Schone Kunsten van België) are a group of art museums in Brussels, Belgium. They include six museums: the Oldmasters Muse ...

, the

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and the Staatsgalerie Stuttgart are among the public collections having paintings by Aelbrecht Bouts. Aelbrecht Bouts's painting 'The Transfiguration', late 15th Century.jpg, ''The Transfiguration'',

File:Bouts clevelanrt.jpg, ''The Annunciation'', Cleveland Museum of Art Aelbrecht Bouts - Madonna and Child Enthroned - Google Art Project.jpg, ''Madonna and Child Enthroned'' (c. 1510),

Los Angeles County Museum of Art The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) is an art museum located on Wilshire Boulevard in the Miracle Mile, Los Angeles, California, Miracle Mile vicinity of Los Angeles. LACMA is on Museum Row, adjacent to the La Brea Tar Pits (George C. Pa ...

Albrecht Bouts-Jesus chez Simon le Pharisien IMG 1407.JPG, ''Jesus with Simon the Pharisee'',

File:Man of Sorrows by Aelbrecht Bouts, mid 1490s - Fogg Art Museum - DSC02361.JPG, ''Man of Sorrow'' (c.1495), Fogg Art Museum

References

*Friedländer, Max J. ''Early Netherlandish Painting''. Translated by Heinz Norden. Leiden: Praeger, 1967-76 ASIN B0006BQGOW

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