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MEMLING, Hans: Virgin and Child Enthroned

🖼 Virgin and Child Enthroned, 1480s
Oil on oak panel
81 × 55 cm
Berlin, Germany

Gilded throne and luminous faces dominate this Flemish panel, where Mary cradles Christ in jeweled splendor rendered with meticulous detail. Memling's intimate devotional image epitomizes Northern Renaissance spirituality, merging Byzantine formality with Burgundian wealth and accessible human tenderness.

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