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MEMLING, Hans: Triptych

🖼 Triptych, c. 1470
Oil on wood (central) (each wing)
96.4 × 147 cm
Madrid, Spain

Gilded wings frame three luminous panels of religious devotion, rendered in jewel-toned oils with meticulous Flemish detail. Memling's triptych epitomizes Northern Renaissance spirituality, its portable format designed for private prayer and reflecting the merchant class's rising patronage of intimate sacred art.

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