More important to help save a 400-year-old work of a Flemish master instead.

Johnson then moved to The Hague and studied 17th-century Dutch and Flemish masters.

In 1913 he had presented a collection of Dutch and Flemish old masters to the Union government, a gift leading to his being knighted.

Ockeghem (c. 1410-1497) was a Flemish master who spent most of his maturity in France.

He then went to spend a few years in Holland, where he studied the masterpieces of Flemish masters.

He is best known as a copyist of the works of the Dutch and Flemish masters of the seventeenth century.

Its stately rooms house an impressive collection of paintings dating from the 14th century to contemporary times and includes works by Flemish masters.

Spitzweg was self-taught as an artist, and began by copying the works of Flemish masters.

The manuscript consists of 18 miniatures by a Flemish master, showing scenes of Maggi's travels.

Italian and Flemish masters and grand Velazquez paintings are outstanding among its treasures.