Master of the Beighem Altarpiece, active (1520 - 1540)

• Is a little-known Flemish painter.
• Master was active in Brussels during the first third of the sixteenth century.
• His art is basically Gothic.
• His name comes from a series of 4 paintings depicting the Flagellation of Jesus, Pilate shows Jesus to the people, the Crucifixion, and the Resurrection.
• These paintings were held in the church at Beigem, near Brussels, until 13 September 1914 when they were stolen just before the church was set on fire by the Germans in World War I.
• They are currently only known from photos.
• In 2014 the city council of Grimbergen offered a reward of 400,000 euros for information regarding the paintings.
• Other paintings ascribed to him include a depiction of Christ in the Garden of Gethsemane and a painting of Christ before Pilate in the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
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