Hans Memling
Hans Memling (1435–1494) was a German painter, artist and draftsperson.
Also recorded as Hans Hemelinck · Hans van Brugge · Jan van Memmelynghe · Memling
Hans Memling
Hans Memling · File:Hans memling, trittico donne, 1478 ca. 03 agnello e autoritratto.jpg Sailko · CC BY-SA 3.0
- Born
- 1435 · Seligenstadt.
- Died
- 1494 · Bruges.
- Nationality
- Habsburg Netherlands · Germany
- Occupation
- painter · artist · draftsperson
- Movements
- Early Netherlandish painting
- Teachers
- Rogier van der Weyden
- Known for
- St John Altarpiece · Advent and Triumph of Christ · The Last Judgment · Greverade Triptych · Diptych of Maarten van Nieuwenhove · Bembo diptych · Tommaso di Folco Portinari (1428–1501), Maria Portinari (Maria Maddalena Baroncelli and born 1456) · Master of the Prado Adoration of the Magi
- Languages
- German
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Biography
Born at Seligenstadt in 1435, died in Bruges in 1494.
Training under Rogier van der Weyden is recorded. The recorded working language is German. The authority associates the name with Early Netherlandish painting. Places of work recorded in the authority are Cologne, Brussels and Bruges. Works named in the authority record are St John Altarpiece, Advent and Triumph of Christ, The Last Judgment, Greverade Triptych, Diptych of Maarten van Nieuwenhove and Bembo diptych. Work by Hans Memling is recorded in the collections of Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Städel Museum, Museo del Prado, Art Institute of Chicago and Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum.
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Seligenstadt.
Birth place
Bruges.
Death place
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