MEMLING, Hans: Triptych of the Family Moreel (closed)

Rendered in meticulous oil on panel, patron portraits flank saints in symmetrical devotional arrangement, their austere faces set against gold leaf backgrounds. Memling's triptych epitomizes Flemish Early Netherlandish precision and the bourgeois merchant class's piety, establishing the portable altarpiece as a status symbol in 15th-century Bruges.