The Golden age of Flemish art

Belgium, 1958

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The Golden age of Flemish art explores the meanings, beauties and quaint anecdotal material hidden in the incredibly detailed paintings of Flemish “primitives”. The film displays and comments upon works by Jan Van Eyck, Roger van der Weyden, Dirk Bouts, Hans Memling, Hugo van der Goes, Hieronymus Bosch, Pieter Bruegel, and Quentin Metsus.

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Credits

director

Paul Haesaerts

producer

Jean Van Raemdonck

production company

Art et Cinema

Duration

01:02:32:00

Production places

Belgium

Production dates

1958

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

004392

Language

English

Subject categories

Crafts & Visual Arts → Art - History

Crafts & Visual Arts → Art - Study and teaching

Crafts & Visual Arts → Art - Themes, motives

Crafts & Visual Arts → Art appreciation

Crafts & Visual Arts → Art criticism

Crafts & Visual Arts → Art, Flemish

Crafts & Visual Arts → Bosch, Hieronymus, d. 1516

Crafts & Visual Arts → Bruegel, Pieter, ca. 1525-1569

Crafts & Visual Arts → Eyck, Jan van, 1390-1440

Crafts & Visual Arts → Painters - Flemish

Crafts & Visual Arts → Weyden, Roger van der, 1400 (ca)-1464

Documentary

Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Art - Study and teaching

Educational & Instructional

Educational & Instructional → Educational films

Feature films

Feature films → Feature films - Belgium

People → Bosch, Hieronymus, d. 1516

People → Bruegel, Pieter, ca. 1525-1569

People → Eyck, Jan van, 1390-1440

People → Weyden, Roger van der, 1400 (ca)-1464

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Holdings

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

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