Hans Memling
Netherlandish Northern Renaissance Painter, ca.1435-1494 Born in Seligenstadt, near Frankfurt in the Middle Rhein region, it is believed that Memling served his apprenticeship at Mainz or Cologne, and later worked in the Netherlands under Rogier van der Weyden (c. 1455?C1460). He then went to Bruges around 1465. There is an apocryphical story that he was a wounded at the Battle of Nancy, sheltered and cured by the Hospitallers at Bruges, and that to show his gratitude he refused payment for a picture he had painted for them. Memling did indeed paint for the Hospitallers, but he painted several pictures for them, in 1479 and 1480, and it is likely that he was known to his patrons of St John, prior to the Battle of Nancy. Memling is connected with military operations only in a distant sense. His name appears on a list of subscribers to the loan which was raised by Maximilian I of Austria, to defend against hostilities towards France in 1480. In 1477, when he was incorrectly claimed to have been killed, he was under contract to create an altarpiece for the gild-chapel of the booksellers of Bruges. This altarpiece, under the name of the Seven Griefs of Mary, is now in the Gallery of Turin. It is one of the fine creations of his more mature period. It is not inferior in any way to those of 1479 in the hospital of St. John, which for their part are hardly less interesting as illustrative of the master's power than The Last Judgment which can be found since the 1470s in the St. Mary's Church, Gda??sk. Critical opinion has been unanimous in assigning this altarpiece to Memling. This affirms that Memling was a resident and a skilled artist at Bruges in 1473; for the Last Judgment was undoubtedly painted and sold to a merchant at Bruges, who shipped it there on board of a vessel bound to the Mediterranean, which was captured by Danzig privateer Paul Beneke in that very year. This purchase of his pictures by an agent of the Medici demonstrates that he had a considerable reputation.
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Hans Memling Vierge et l'Enfant oil painting


Vierge et l'Enfant
Date 1485 - 1490 Medium Oil on wood cjr
Painting ID::  86102 		Hans Memling
Vierge et l'Enfant
Date 1485 - 1490 Medium Oil on wood cjr
   
   
     
Hans Memling Standing Virgin and Child oil painting


Standing Virgin and Child
Date c. 1490(1490) Medium Oil on oak panel Dimensions Height: 43 cm (16.9 in). Width: 36 cm (14.2 in). cjr
Painting ID::  86255 		Hans Memling
Standing Virgin and Child
Date c. 1490(1490) Medium Oil on oak panel Dimensions Height: 43 cm (16.9 in). Width: 36 cm (14.2 in). cjr
   
   
     
Hans Memling St John Altarpiece oil painting


St John Altarpiece
Date between 1474(1474) and 1479(1479) Medium Oil on oak panel cjr
Painting ID::  86352 		Hans Memling
St John Altarpiece
Date between 1474(1474) and 1479(1479) Medium Oil on oak panel cjr
   
   
     
Hans Memling St John Altarpiece oil painting


St John Altarpiece
Date between 1474(1474) and 1479(1479) Medium Oil on oak panel cjr
Painting ID::  86353 		Hans Memling
St John Altarpiece
Date between 1474(1474) and 1479(1479) Medium Oil on oak panel cjr
   
   
     
Hans Memling Lamentation oil painting


Lamentation
Date between 1475(1475) and 1480(1480) Medium Oil on oak panel cjr
Painting ID::  86357 		Hans Memling
Lamentation
Date between 1475(1475) and 1480(1480) Medium Oil on oak panel cjr
   
   
     
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     Netherlandish Northern Renaissance Painter, ca.1435-1494 Born in Seligenstadt, near Frankfurt in the Middle Rhein region, it is believed that Memling served his apprenticeship at Mainz or Cologne, and later worked in the Netherlands under Rogier van der Weyden (c. 1455?C1460). He then went to Bruges around 1465. There is an apocryphical story that he was a wounded at the Battle of Nancy, sheltered and cured by the Hospitallers at Bruges, and that to show his gratitude he refused payment for a picture he had painted for them. Memling did indeed paint for the Hospitallers, but he painted several pictures for them, in 1479 and 1480, and it is likely that he was known to his patrons of St John, prior to the Battle of Nancy. Memling is connected with military operations only in a distant sense. His name appears on a list of subscribers to the loan which was raised by Maximilian I of Austria, to defend against hostilities towards France in 1480. In 1477, when he was incorrectly claimed to have been killed, he was under contract to create an altarpiece for the gild-chapel of the booksellers of Bruges. This altarpiece, under the name of the Seven Griefs of Mary, is now in the Gallery of Turin. It is one of the fine creations of his more mature period. It is not inferior in any way to those of 1479 in the hospital of St. John, which for their part are hardly less interesting as illustrative of the master's power than The Last Judgment which can be found since the 1470s in the St. Mary's Church, Gda??sk. Critical opinion has been unanimous in assigning this altarpiece to Memling. This affirms that Memling was a resident and a skilled artist at Bruges in 1473; for the Last Judgment was undoubtedly painted and sold to a merchant at Bruges, who shipped it there on board of a vessel bound to the Mediterranean, which was captured by Danzig privateer Paul Beneke in that very year. This purchase of his pictures by an agent of the Medici demonstrates that he had a considerable reputation.

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