An unknown treasure in Brugge (Bruges) : the oldest portrait of Andreas Vesallius on a stained glass window
Steeno, O.P.; Deruyttere, M.; Vesalius, A.; Coucke, S.; Abeele, F.ço.V.
Vesalius Acta Internationales Historiae Medicinae 14(1): 13-15
2008
ISSN/ISBN: 1373-4857 PMID: 19579335 Document Number: 624504
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.