MEMLING, Hans

Netherlandish Northern Renaissance Painter, ca.1435-1494 South Netherlandish painter of German origin. Together with Dieric Bouts I and Hugo van der Goes, he was one of the most important exponents of the new artistic developments that flourished in the southern Netherlands in the 15th century in the wake of Jan van Eyck, the Master of Fl?malle and Rogier van der Weyden. Their principal innovation was to apply optic realism to devotional or mystical subjects. Although Memling lived in the turbulent period of transition from the Burgundian ruling house to that of the Habsburgs, little of this is evident in his work. His commissions were almost exclusively from rich burghers in Bruges (bankers, merchants and politicians) or churchmen and the occasional aristocrat. Often they were foreigners, especially Italians, who had political or financial connections with the town, whose central economic position was to last only a few decades longer. They had Memling paint their portraits, bust or full length, in devotional paintings or on altarpieces for their chapel in Bruges or back home. He seems not to have received official commissions (from the town council or court). An exceptional proportion of this oeuvre has survived. Besides about 20 altarpieces, often in several panels and of considerable size,


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MEMLING, Hans Scenes from the Passion of Christ (detail) sg oil


Scenes from the Passion of Christ (detail) sg
Painting ID::  8185
Scenes from the Passion of Christ (detail) sg
1470-71 Oil on oak panel Galleria Sabauda, Turin
1470-71 Oil_on_oak_panel Galleria_Sabauda,_Turin
   
   
     

MEMLING, Hans Diptych with the Deposition oil


Diptych with the Deposition
Painting ID::  52197
Diptych with the Deposition
1492-94 Oil on oak
1492-94_Oil_on_oak
   
   
     

MEMLING, Hans Evangelist Johannes oil


Evangelist Johannes
Painting ID::  68409
Evangelist Johannes
Date Deutsch: um 1468 English: c. 1468 Technique Oil on panel Dimensions Deutsch: 71 ?? 30 cm
   
   
     

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     MEMLING, Hans
     Netherlandish Northern Renaissance Painter, ca.1435-1494 South Netherlandish painter of German origin. Together with Dieric Bouts I and Hugo van der Goes, he was one of the most important exponents of the new artistic developments that flourished in the southern Netherlands in the 15th century in the wake of Jan van Eyck, the Master of Fl?malle and Rogier van der Weyden. Their principal innovation was to apply optic realism to devotional or mystical subjects. Although Memling lived in the turbulent period of transition from the Burgundian ruling house to that of the Habsburgs, little of this is evident in his work. His commissions were almost exclusively from rich burghers in Bruges (bankers, merchants and politicians) or churchmen and the occasional aristocrat. Often they were foreigners, especially Italians, who had political or financial connections with the town, whose central economic position was to last only a few decades longer. They had Memling paint their portraits, bust or full length, in devotional paintings or on altarpieces for their chapel in Bruges or back home. He seems not to have received official commissions (from the town council or court). An exceptional proportion of this oeuvre has survived. Besides about 20 altarpieces, often in several panels and of considerable size,

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