St John Altarpiece (Q2446971)

Label from: English (en)

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movement: Early Netherlandish painting (Q443153)
genre: religious art (Q2864737)
artist: Hans Memling (Q106851)
collection: Sint-Janshospitaal (Q2432540)
location: Sint-Janshospitaal (Q2432540) Bruges (Q12994) Flanders (Q234)
material used: oil paint (Q296955) panel (Q1348059)
based on: Bride of Christ (Q1004401)
exhibition history: Exposition des primitifs flamands à Bruges (Q17101798)
depicts: Catherine of Alexandria (Q179718) Christ Child (Q942467) boy (Q3010) Mary (Q345) woman (Q467) John the Baptist (Q40662) John the Evangelist (Q328804) crane (Q178692) Sint-Janskerk (Q56378159)
instance of: triptych (Q79218) reredos (Q46686) cycle of paintings (Q16905563)
BALaT object ID: 111857

catalog URL: https://collectie.museabrugge.be/en/collection/work/id/o_sj0175_i

information from the Sint-Janshospitaal catalog

description: More than 500 years ago, the sisters and brothers of the hospital commissioned Hans Memling to create this imposing triptych, an altarpiece for the hospital's church. They can be seen on the exterior panels and in the center. On the central panel, between the columns, is the wooden crane of Bruges…

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