Hans Memling: References & Edit History
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Additional Reading
A comprehensive and well-illustrated volume on Memlingâs life, work, and critical reception is Dirk de Vos, Hans Memling: The Complete Works (1994). Barbara G. Lane, Hans Memling: Master Painter in Fifteenth-Century Bruges (2009), is a biography and a presentation of issues in Memling studies. Till-Holger Borchert et al., Memlingâs Portraits (2005; also published as Memling and the Art of Portraiture), is an exhibition catalogue.
Major Works
âThe Martyrdom of St. Sebastianâ (c. 1470; MusĂ©es Royaux des Beaux-Arts, Brussels); âPortinari Triptychâ (c. 1470; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City); âPortrait of Gilles Joyeâ (1472; Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Mass.); âThe Last Judgmentâ (c. 1473; Marienkirche, GdaĆsk, Pol.); âTriptych: The Virgin and Child with Saints and Donorsâ (c. 1475; National Gallery, London); âThe Depositionâ (c. 1475; Museo de la Capilla Real, Granada, Spain); âThe Virgin and Childâ (c. 1475; Museo de la Capilla Real); âThe Mystic Marriage of St. Catherine of Alexandriaâ (c. 1475; Louvre, Paris); âChrist Surrounded by Angel Musiciansâ (c. 1475; MusĂ©e Royal des Beaux-Arts, Antwerp); âMystic Marriage of St. Catherine of Alexandriaâ (1479; Memling-Museum, Brugge); âAdoration of the Magiâ (1479; Memling-Museum); âThe Descent from the Crossâ (1480; Memling-Museum); âScenes from the Life of Christ and the Virginâ (c. 1480; Alte Pinakothek, Munich); âMadonna and Child with Angelsâ (c. 1480â85; National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.); âMoreel Triptychâ (1484; Groeninge Museum, Brugge); âBathshebaâ (c. 1485; Staatsgalerie, Stuttgart, Ger.); âDiptych with Madonna and Martin van Nieuwenhoveâ (1487; Memling-Museum); âSt. Benedictâ (1487; Uffizi, Florence); âPortrait of Benedetto Portinariâ (1487; Uffizi); âThe Virgin and Childâ (1487; Staatsliche Museen Preussischer Kulturbesitz, Berlin); St. Ursula Shrine (1489; Memling-Museum); âResurrectionâ (c. 1490; Louvre); âPassion Triptychâ (Crucifixion Panel, 1491; St.-Annen-Museum, LĂŒbeck, Ger.).
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Article History
| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anniversary information added. | Aug 07, 2025 | ||
| First paragraph modernization. | Mar 26, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Art Encyclopedia - Biography of Hans Memling. | Mar 22, 2022 | ||
| Add new Web site: Famous Painters - Hans Memling. | Jan 26, 2021 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Gallery of Canada - Biography of Hans Memling. | Feb 22, 2019 | ||
| Add new Web site: Virtual Uffizi Gallery - Biography of Hans Memling. | Dec 16, 2016 | ||
| Changed artist's origin from "Flemish" to "South Netherlandish," and added cross-references. | Aug 16, 2016 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Gallery of Art - Biography of Hans Memling. | Apr 06, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: Art UK - Biography of Hans Memling. | Apr 06, 2014 | ||
| Added photograph. | May 14, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Catholic Encyclopedia - Biography of Hans Memling. | Jan 11, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: Olga's Gallery - Biography of Hans Memling. | Jan 11, 2013 | ||
| Bibliography thoroughly revised and updated. | Mar 27, 2012 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Mar 27, 2012 | ||
| Added photograph. | Apr 01, 2009 | ||
| Added new Web site: Olga's Gallery - Hans Memling. | May 10, 2006 | ||
| Article revised. | Mar 02, 2001 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 20, 1998 |