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Exposition des primitifs flamands à Bruges
The Exposition des primitifs flamands à Bruges (Exhibition of Flemish Primitives at Bruges) was an art exhibition of paintings by the so-called Flemish Primitives (nowadays usually called Early Netherlandish painters) held in the Provinciaal Hof in Bruges between 15 June and 5 October 1902.
It was the largest exhibition of c 15th c Flemish art to date, consisted of 413 official catalogue entries, and drew some 35,000 visitors. The exposition was highly influential, leading to at least five contemporary books as
auf der Ausstellung zu Brügge 1902". Book, Munich, 1903
- Jules Guiffrey, "L'exposition des Primitifs Flamands à Bruges", multiple articles in "L'Art" in 1902 and 1903
- Georges Hulin de Loo, "Exposition de tableaux flamands des XIVe, XVe et XVIe siècles: catalogue critique précédé d'une introduction sur l'identité de certains maîtres anonymes." Book, Ghent, 1902.
- Henri Hymans, "L'Exposition des primitifs flamands à Bruges." Gazette des Beaux-Arts 28 (1902);