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MEMLING, Hans: Deposition (left wing of a diptych)

🖼 Deposition (left wing of a diptych), 1490s
Oil on oak panel
53.8 × 39 cm
Bruges, Belgium

Soft brushwork renders Christ's lifeless body lowered from the cross, surrounded by grieving figures in luminous detail. This intimate Flemish masterpiece exemplifies 15th-century devotional art, transforming tragedy into meditative spiritual experience through meticulous technique and emotional restraint.

The story of art
The story of art
E. H. Gombrich
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