Triptych of Adriaan Reins
Hans Memling · 1480
Why it's great
Christ's body is held in a picture from the Bible, and saints and the man who paid for it, Adriaan Reins, look on. Hans Memling painted it in 1480 for a hospital in Bruges, where it still hangs.
Where to see it
📍 Sint-JanshospitaalBruges, 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.
