Dirk Bouts

Dirk Bouts (Known as "Dirk Bouts the Elder")

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Born c. 1415

Haarlem, County of Holland

Passed Away May 06, 1475 Leuven, Duchy of Brabant

Lifespan 60 years old

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"Quietness of spirit reveals the divine presence in ordinary space."

Archival Overview

Pioneering Early Netherlandish painter and city painter of Leuven whose 'Altarpiece of the Holy Sacrament' perfected mathematical perspective and northern atmospheric space.

Biographical Record

Dirk Bouts (c. 1415–1475 CE) moved from Haarlem to Leuven, marrying into wealth and serving as official municipal painter.

His masterwork, the Last Supper for Saint Peter's Church in Leuven, was the first Flemish painting to display strict mathematical central perspective, celebrated for its solemn dignified figures.

Key Life Milestones

1464

Commission of the Holy Sacrament Altarpiece

Commissioned by the Confraternity of the Holy Sacrament to paint the Last Supper using scientific linear perspective.

1472

The Justice of Emperor Otto III

Painted large-scale justice panels for the Leuven Town Hall, depicting judicial impartiality and divine righteousness.

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Final Resting Place

Perpetual Memorial

Franciscan Church
Leuven, Belgium

                         GPS: 50.8798, 4.7005                    

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