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MEMLING, Hans: Triptych of the Family Moreel (central panel)

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

Luminous figures in rich jewel tones kneel in prayer before the Madonna, rendered with meticulous detail in oil on panel. Memling's devotional portrait exemplifies fifteenth-century Flemish wealth and piety, combining donor portraiture with religious reverence in a portable altarpiece format.

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