Man with a Roman coin
Hans Memling · 1473
Why it's great
A man in black holds up a coin from ancient Rome, with a palm tree and a landscape behind him. Hans Memling painted him in about 1473, and the coin shows the emperor Nero. It is thought to be Bernardo Bembo, a Venetian diplomat.
Where to see it
📍 Royal Museum of Fine Arts AntwerpAntwerp, Belgium
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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.
