The Enigmatic Brush of Bruges: The Master of the Legend of Saint Ursula In the twilight of the fifteenth century, amidst the bustling, prosperous streets of Bruges, an artist emerged whose name would become forever entwined with the hagiography of a saint, even as his own true identity remained shrouded in mystery. Known to art historians as the Master of the Legend of Saint Ursula, this Flemish painter operated during a golden age of Netherlandish creativity, a period when the Habsburg Netherlands served as a crucible for unparalleled artistic innovation. While the man behind the brush rema…