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MEMLING, Hans: Triptych of the Family Moreel

🖼 Triptych of the Family Moreel, 1484
Oil on wood (central) (wings)
141 × 174 cm
Bruges, Belgium

Intricate oil panels depict the Moreel family in prayer, flanked by saints in jewel-toned robes and gold leaf, rendered with Northern Renaissance precision. Memling's patronage masterpiece established the Flemish merchant family's wealth and piety while pioneering the devotional triptych format that dominated fifteenth-century Bruges.

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E. H. Gombrich
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