Memling

American  

[mem-ling] / ˈmɛm lɪŋ /

Also Memlinc

noun

1. Hans c1430–94?, German painter of the Flemish school.

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Memling British  

/ ˈmɛmlɪŋ, ˈmɛmlɪŋk /

noun

1. Hans (hɑns). ?1430–94, Flemish painter of religious works and portraits

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Example Sentences

The work, which belongs to the Museo della Città in Rimini, Italy, will be shown alongside the Morgan’s own Renaissance treasures, including paintings by Hans Memling and Perugino and sculptures by Antonio Rossellino.

From The Wall Street Journal

The faces are at once classically familiar and deeply strange, like Northern Renaissance portraiture pushed through a Cubist sieve, Hans Memling’s “Portrait of Barbara van Vlaendenbergh” worked over with a tire iron.

From New York Times

In 1473, the first known art heist occurred when pirates seized Hans Memling's "The Last Judgment" as it was traveling from Belgium to Florence.

From Salon

In Hans Memling’s famous dual portraits of Tommaso and Maria Portinari — Florentines living in the artist’s home city of Bruges — the two approaches merge.

From New York Times

During Memling’s lifetime, his work made its way to Italy, France, England and Poland.

From New York Times