Dirk Bouts

(1415–1475) 15th-century Dutch painter

Dirk Bouts (1415–1475) is listed in the catalogue as a painter and a draughtsman. By year of birth, Dirk Bouts belongs to the chapter ‘The Renaissance’ in this site’s history of art.

Dirk Bouts was born in Haarlem and died in Leuven. Dirk Bouts worked in Leuven, Brussels, and Haarlem. Wikidata associates Dirk Bouts with Early Netherlandish painting. The students included Quinten Metsys.

The best-known works include ‘Triptych: The Last Supper’, ‘Christ in the house of the Pharisee Simon’, ‘The Entombment’, and ‘Madonna Lactans’. The works belong mainly to the genres religious painting and portrait painting. The catalogue has 64 works by Dirk Bouts with free images. The dated works span the years 1400–1499. Works by Dirk Bouts are held by several collections, among them Pradomuseet, National Gallery, Gemäldegalerie, and M Leuven. Wikidata links 30 works to movements covered in the chapter ‘The Renaissance’.

Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Juan Rexach, Vecchietta, Albert van Ouwater, Piero della Francesca, and Antonio Vivarini.

• The Renaissance
• Triptych: The Last Supper
• The Entombment
• Triptych with Scenes from the Life of the Virgin
• Christ in the house of the Pharisee Simon
• Kristi begråtelse
• The Fall of the Damned