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3 Follower of Hans Memling (First Half 16th Century)
Several of Hans Memling’s (1430–1494) altarpieces depict the Virgin and Child enthroned before a sumptuous gold-embroidered hanging, flanked by distant landscapes and attendant angels. Please compare to a painting by Memling with a similar compositon: on the right, an angel dressed in luminous blue robes delicately plays a harp, enhancing the scene’s serene harmony and devotional intimacy, in the National Gallery of Art, Washington, inv. no. 1937.1.4.
Provenance: -Collection Dr Wilhelm Alexander Freund (1833–1917), Berlin. -With Galerie Theodor Fischer, Lucerne, by 1930. -With Edouard Lucas-Moreno, Paris. -Possibly private collection, Paris, by December 1935 (according to an inscription at the RKD, The Hague). -Possibly with Dr Curt Benedict and Co., Paris, by November 1945 (according to an inscription at the RKD, The Hague).
The Virgin and Child enthroned with angelic musicians, set against a distant landscape oil on panel, 77x56 cm
€20,000 - €30,000
-Private collection, Wassenaar, by 1973, thence by descent to the present owner.
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