BOUTS, Dieric the Elder
(b. ca. 1415, Haarlem, d. 1475, Leuven)

The Execution of the Innocent Count (detail)

c. 1460
Oil on wood
Musées Royaux des Beaux-Arts, Brussels

The two panels are quite different from one another, both in atmosphere and composition. In the first panel, while the victim's face is distorted with pain, those who are there to witness his death betray no sign of emotion.