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MEMLING, Hans: Virgin and Child with St Anthony the Abbot and a Donor

🖼 Virgin and Child with St Anthony the Abbot and a Donor, 1472
Oil on wood
93 × 55 cm
Ottawa, Canada

Golden light bathes the Virgin and Child centered between Saint Anthony and a kneeling donor, rendered with Flemling's characteristic precision and jewel-like detail. This devotional panel exemplifies Northern Renaissance intimacy, blending sacred figures with the patron's personal piety in a harmonious, symmetrical composition.

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E. H. Gombrich
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