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MEMLING, Hans: Scenes from the Passion of Christ (left side)

🖼 Scenes from the Passion of Christ (left side), 1470-71
Oil on oak panel
Turin, Italy

Golden light bathes layered narrative scenes of Christ's Passion rendered in meticulous Flemish detail across a unified landscape. Memling's sequential storytelling revolutionized devotional art, embedding multiple gospel moments within intimate spatial harmony.

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