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MEMLING, Hans: St John and Veronica Diptych (reverse of the right wing)

🖼 St John and Veronica Diptych (reverse of the right wing), c. 1483
Oil on wood
31.6 × 24.4 cm
Washington, United States

Gilded surfaces frame two saint portraits rendered with jewel-like precision, their gazes direct and contemplative. Memling's diptych format and meticulous detail exemplify Northern Renaissance devotional art, designed for private prayer and spiritual intimacy.

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E. H. Gombrich
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