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MEMLING, Hans: St Ursula Shrine: Medallions

🖼 St Ursula Shrine: Medallions, 1489
Wood
Bruges, Belgium

Gilded medallions frame saints in luminous detail, their faces rendered with Flemish precision across polychrome surfaces. Memling's shrine reliquary exemplifies Northern Renaissance craftsmanship, blending devotional imagery with the goldsmith's art to create an object of profound spiritual veneration.

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