The Pearl of Brabant

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The Triptych of the Adoration of the Magi, is a small-scale work traditionally known as The Pearl of Brabant on account of its extraordinary beauty. It had for centuries been attributed to Dieric Bouts the Younger. Now, however, it is generally agreed to be the work of the father.

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About the Artist

Dieric the Younger Bouts

1448 – 1491

Netherlandish painter, elder son of Dieric Bouts the Elder (c. 1415-1475). He and his brother Aelbrecht (c. 1450/60-1549) continued their father's style. Particularly popular were small devotional images of the Mater Dolorosa and Christ Crowned with Thorns. Nothing is known for certain by Dieric the Younger, but a fine altarpiece known as the Pearl of Brabant (Alte Pinakothek, Munich) has been attributed to him, as well as to his father.

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