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MEMLING, Hans: The Donne Triptych (right wing)

🖼 The Donne Triptych (right wing), c. 1475
Oil on oak
70.5 × 30.5 cm
London, United Kingdom

Golden light illuminates Elizabeth Donne kneeling in prayer, rendered with exquisite detail in oil on panel. This intimate devotional portrait exemplifies Northern Renaissance patronage, combining religious piety with aristocratic portraiture in Memling's characteristic jewel-like precision.

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