Dirk de Vos is a Belgian art historian specialising in medieval art. He was the curator of the Groeningemuseum in Bruges.
Education
De Vos attended secondary school in Bruges, graduating in 1961.
Work
De Vos's magnum opus is a catalogue of the complete works of Hans Memling, on whom he curated a major exhibition in 1994. He followed this in 1999 with a catalogue of the complete works of Rogier van der Weyden.
Publications
- Stedelijke musea Brugge: catalogus schilderijen 15de en 16de eeuw. Stad Brugge, 1979.
- Groeningemuseum Brugge: de volledige verzameling. Die Keure, 1984.
- Catalogue: Hans Memling. Fonds Mercator Paribas, 1994 ISBN 90-5544-029-9
- (editor), Essays: Hans Memling. Stedelijke Musea, Bruges, 1994 ISBN 90-5544-030-2
- Hans Memling: The Complete Works. Thames & Hudson, 1994. ISBN 978-0500-2369-8-7
- Rogier van der Weyden: The Complete Works, translated by Ted Alkins. Harry N. Abrams, 1999. ISBN 081-0963-90-6
- The Flemish Primitives: The Masterpieces . Mercatorfonds and Princeton University Press, 2003. ISBN 978-0691-1166-1-7
References
- "Eerste schoolreünie na vijftig jaar". Het Nieuwsblad. 11 Oct 2011.
- Lauran Toorians (1994). "Planken, verf en handelsgeest: 500 jaar Hans Memling". Ons Erfdeel. 37.
- Lorne Campbell (Apr 1995). "Bruges: Hans Memling". The Burlington Magazine. Vol. 137, no. 1105. pp. 264–265.
- "Nieuwe Catalogi voor Groeninge en Gruuthuse". Biekorf. No. 80. 1980.
- Lorne Campbell (Apr 1995). "Hans Memling, The Complete Works by Dirk de Vos". The Burlington Magazine. Vol. 137, no. 1105. pp. 253–254.
- Dan Ewing (2006). "The Flemish Primitives: The Masterpieces by Dirk de Vos". Sixteenth Century Journal. 37 (1): 258–259.