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Hospices de Beaune
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The Hospices de Beaune or Hôtel-Dieu de Beaune is a former charitable almshouse in Beaune, France. It was founded in 1443 by Nicolas Rolin, chancellor of Burgundy, as a hospital for the poor. The orig
Courtyard of the Hôtel-Dieu
Courtyard of the Hôtel-Dieu
Polychrome roof of the Hospices de Beaune
Polychrome roof of the Hospices de Beaune
Room of the Poor
Room of the Poor
The Beaune Altarpiece, by Rogier van der Weyden
The Beaune Altarpiece, by Rogier van der Weyden
Beaune Altarpiece
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The Beaune Altarpiece is a large polyptych c. 1443–1451 altarpiece by the Early Netherlandish artist Rogier van der Weyden, painted in oil on oak panels with parts later transferred to canvas. It cons
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…location was chosen to allow the bedridden to attend Mass from their beds. The chapel was the original location of the Rogier van der Weyden polyptych altarpiece, now housed in the museum. The remains of Guigone Salins are buried here. In addition to the altarpiece, the hospice possesses many artistic treasures…
The view with the wings folded of six panels with the donors kneeling in the far wings
The view with the wings folded of six panels with the donors kneeling in the far wings
Patients of the Hotel-Dieu in their Beds, folio 77, 1482, Livre de vie active, by Jehan Henry, shows nurses attending the dying in a Paris hospital. P
Patients of the Hotel-Dieu in their Beds, folio 77, 1482, Livre de vie active, by Jehan Henry, shows nurses attending the dying in a Paris hospital. Patients are two to a bed, except for a dying woman.