Artist
Hans Memling
Works (8)
Pagagnotti Triptych
1480
Annunciation
1480
Tommaso di Folco Portinari (1428–1501); Maria Portinari (Maria Maddalena Baroncelli, born 1456)
ca. 1470
Young Woman with a Pink
ca. 1485–90
Virgin and Child
1480–85
Virgin and Child
ca. 1490–94
Virgin and Child
Virgin and Child with Saints Catherine of Alexandria and Barbara
early 1480s
Timeline
Born in Seligenstadt, Germany, Memling served his apprenticeship in Brussels under the Early Netherlandish master Rogier van der Weyden.1
He became a citizen of Bruges in 1465, where he established a large workshop and remained a leading artist until his death.1
His masterpiece 'The Last Judgment' was captured by privateer Paul Beneke while being shipped to Florence and is now in Gdańsk, Poland.1
A 1480 tax document lists him among the 875 wealthiest citizens of Bruges, indicating his significant financial success as a painter.1
In his later years, he created masterpieces like the 'Shrine of St Ursula' for the Hospital of St. John in Bruges, where they remain today.1