Hans Memling

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Madonna and Child with Angels, oil on panel by Hans Memling, after 1479; in the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. 57.6 × 46.4 cm.

Angel playing a psaltery, detail from the left panel of Christ with Singing and Musical Angels, oil on oak panel by Hans Memling, 1489–90; in the Royal Museum of Fine Art, Antwerp, Belgium. This triptych was once part of a large altarpiece commissioned by the abbey church of Nájera, Spain.

“Diptych with Madonna and Martin van Nieuwenhove” (left wing), oil on panel by Hans Memling, 1487; in the Memling-Museum, Brugge, Bel.

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“Diptych with Madonna and Martin van Nieuwenhove” (left wing), oil on panel by Hans Memling, 1487; in the Memling-Museum, Brugge, Bel.

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Netherlandish painter

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Madonna and Child with Angels, oil on panel by Hans Memling, after 1479; in the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. 57.6 × 46.4 cm.

Madonna and Child with Angels, oil on panel by Hans Memling, after 1479;...

Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., Andrew W. Mellon Collection, 1937.1.41

Angel playing a psaltery, detail from the left panel of Christ with Singing and Musical Angels, oil on oak panel by Hans Memling, 1489–90; in the Royal Museum of Fine Art, Antwerp, Belgium. This triptych was once part of a large altarpiece commissioned by the abbey church of Nájera, Spain.

Angel playing a psaltery, detail from the left panel of Christ with Singing and...

Courtesy of the Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp

“Diptych with Madonna and Martin van Nieuwenhove” (left wing), oil on panel by Hans Memling, 1487; in the Memling-Museum, Brugge, Bel.

“Diptych with Madonna and Martin van Nieuwenhove” (left wing), oil on panel by Hans...

Courtesy of the Memling-Museum, Brugge, Bel., photograph, © IRPA-KIK, Brussels

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