St. John Miniature Altar
around 1485/90, Artist: Hans Memling
St. John Miniature Altar
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.
Object data
Object Name
Painting
Culture
Early Netherlandish
Dated
around 1485/90
Artist
Hans Memling (um 1435 Seligenstadt am Main - 1494 Brügge) - GND
Material
oak wood
Dimensions
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
Image rights
Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien, Gemäldegalerie
Inv. No.
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).
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