St. John Miniature Altar
around 1485/90 | Hans Memling
In a balanced composition Hans Memling depicts the enthroned Madonna with an angel and a kneeling benefactor flanked to the left by John the Baptist and to the right by John the Evangelist. The artist incorporated small groups of figures into the architectural framework of the middle picture, the sacrifice of Isaac and the decapitation of Saint Catherine; the putti with fruit laurels already show the influence of the Italian Early Renaissance.
In a balanced composition Hans Memling depicts the enthroned Madonna with an angel and a kneeling benefactor flanked to the left by John the Baptist and to the right by John the Evangelist. The artist incorporated small groups of figures into the architectural framework of the middle picture, the sacrifice of Isaac and the decapitation of Saint Catherine; the putti with fruit laurels already show the influence of the Italian Early Renaissance.
Artist:
Hans Memling (um 1435 Seligenstadt am Main - 1494 Brügge) DNB
Time:
around 1485/90
Object Name
Painting
Culture
Early Netherlandish
Material/technology:
oak wood
Dimensions:
Mitteltafel: Overall (middle panel): 69,3 cm × 47 cm
Overall (outer panel): 69,5 cm × 24,3 cm
Framed (middle panel): 79,5 cm × 56 cm × 7,5 cm
Framed (outer panel): 79,5 cm × 28,5 cm × 7,5 cm
Copyright
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Gemäldegalerie
Invs.
Gemäldegalerie, 939
Provenance
Coll. Leopold Wilhelm
Probably commissioned by Jan Crabbe, abbot of the Ter Duinen in Korksijde. A triptych attributed to Hans Memling, which seems to be identical with this work, is described in the Inventories of Margarita of Austria (1516).