Skip to content

MEMLING, Hans: Diptych of Maarten Nieuwenhove

🖼 Diptych of Maarten Nieuwenhove, 1487
Oil on oak panel (each)
52 × 41.5 cm
Bruges, Belgium

Soft symmetry frames Maarten Nieuwenhove kneeling before the Virgin and Child, rendered in luminous oil with meticulous detail. This diptych epitomizes Flemish devotional intimacy, showcasing the merchant's piety while establishing Memling as the era's master of psychological presence and spatial harmony.

The story of art
The story of art
E. H. Gombrich
tap to buy ↗
We recommend Bookshop.org — supports independent bookstores
We recommend Bookshop.org — supports independent bookstores