Benedetto Portinari's Triptych
Hans Memling · 1487
Why it's great
A man kneels in prayer next to a saint, in these panels showing a family at prayer. Hans Memling painted it in 1487, and it is an example of how artists painted the people who paid for their pictures.
Where to see it
📍 Uffizi GalleryFlorence, Italy
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Hans Memling was born in Germany in about 1435 and became the most successful painter in Bruges, in what is now Belgium. His calm, sweet and beautifully detailed religious pictures and portraits were bought by rich merchants and bankers from all over Europe. He died in Bruges in 1494.
