HANS MEMLING IN BRUGES

Breathtaking work by Hans Memling, the Flemish Primitive in Bruges



The Flemish Primitive artist Hans Memling (c. 1435-1494), who played a crucial role in early Netherlandish painting, is inextricably associated with Bruges. Among
his most impressive creations are the St John Altarpiece and the St Ursula Shrine, which he created for St John''s Hospital in the city. Seven more of this fifteenth-century master''s finest works can also be seen in Bruges, at what is now the St Jo
hn''s Hospital Museum and at the