title: An unknown treasure in Brugge (Bruges): the oldest portrait of Andreas Vesallius on a stained glass window.
abstract: Four iconographic pictures of Andreas Vesalius on glass painted windows, in Rochester, Minnesota, USA; Leuven (Louvain, Belgium); Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA; and Innsbruck (Austria), were made in the period between 1943 and 1956. Recently, we have found in Brugge (Bruges) a much older portrait of Vesalius, in the form of a medallion on glass. It was painted between 1860 and 1870 by Samuel Coucke who had been commissioned by Dr. François Vanden Abeele for the decoration of his medical office.
authors: Huize Butzelberg, Hassrode, Belgium. omer.steeno@skynet.be
authors: Omer P
authors: OP
authors: Steeno
authors: Michel
authors: M
authors: Deruyttere
mesh_terms: D000715:Anatomy / Q000266:history; D001530:Belgium; D005197:Famous Persons; D005898:Glass; D049672:History, 19th Century; D010151:Paintings / Q000266:history*; D011173:Portraits as Topic / Q000266:history*