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MEMLING, Hans: Madonna and Child with Angels

🖼 Madonna and Child with Angels, c. 1485
Oil on wood
59 × 48 cm
Washington, United States

Soft gold light bathes the Virgin and Child, surrounded by delicate angels in intricate Flemish detail and luminous colors. Memling's intimate devotional work epitomizes Northern Renaissance spirituality, blending theological symbolism with unprecedented warmth and human tenderness.

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E. H. Gombrich
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