Chapter I: Front Matter

MASTERPIECES
IN COLOUR
EDITED BY - -
T. LEMAN HARE

HANS MEMLINC
(?) 1425-1494

IN THE SAME SERIES

ARTIST. AUTHOR.
VELAZQUEZ. S. L. BENSUSAN.
REYNOLDS. S. L. BENSUSAN.
TURNER. C. LEWIS HIND.
ROMNEY. C. LEWIS HIND.
GREUZE. ALYS EYRE MACKLIN.
BOTTICELLI. HENRY B. BINNS.
ROSSETTI. LUCIEN PISSARRO.
BELLINI. GEORGE HAY.
FRA ANGELICO. JAMES MASON.
REMBRANDT. JOSEF ISRAELS.
LEIGHTON. A. LYS BALDRY.
RAPHAEL. PAUL G. KONODY.
HOLMAN HUNT. MARY E. COLERIDGE.
TITIAN. S. L. BENSUSAN.
MILLAIS. A. LYS BALDRY.
CARLO DOLCI. GEORGE HAY.
GAINSBOROUGH. MAX ROTHSCHILD.
TINTORETTO. S. L. BENSUSAN.
LUINI. JAMES MASON.
FRANZ HALS. EDGCUMBE STALEY.
VAN DYCK. PERCY M. TURNER.
LEONARDO DA VINCI. M. W. BROCKWELL.
RUBENS. S. L. BENSUSAN.
WHISTLER. T. MARTIN WOOD.
HOLBEIN. S. L. BENSUSAN.
BURNE-JONES. A. LYS BALDRY.
VIGÉE LE BRUN. C. HALDANE MACFALL.
CHARDIN. PAUL G. KONODY.
FRAGONARD. C. HALDANE MACFALL.
MEMLINC. W. H. J. & J. C. WEALE.
CONSTABLE. C. LEWIS HIND.

_In Preparation_

J. F. MILLET. PERCY M. TURNER.
ALBERT DÜRER. HERBERT FURST.
RAEBURN. JAMES L. CAW.
BOUCHER. C. HALDANE MACFALL.
WATTEAU. C. LEWIS HIND.
MURILLO. S. L. BENSUSAN.
JOHN S. SARGENT, R.A. T. MARTIN WOOD.

AND OTHERS.

(Frontispiece)

Right panel of a diptych, painted in 1487 for Martin van
Nieuwenhove. It is now in Saint John’s Hospital, Bruges.]

MEMLINC

BY W. H. J. & J. C. WEALE

ILLUSTRATED WITH EIGHT
REPRODUCTIONS IN COLOUR

LONDON: T. C. & E. C. JACK
NEW YORK: FREDERICK A. STOKES CO.

CONTENTS

Chap. Page

I. Hans Memlinc 11
II. Early Days and Training 19
III. Earliest Works 25
IV. Characteristics of His Early Works 31
V. The Maturity of His Art 36
VI. Masterpieces and Death 53
VII. Effacement and Vindication of His Types 66

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

Plate Page

I. Our Lady and Child, 1487 Frontispiece
(Saint John’s Hospital, Bruges)

II. Adoration of the Magi, 1479 14
(Saint John’s Hospital, Bruges)

III. Saints Christopher, Maurus, and Giles, 1484 24
(Town Museum, Bruges)

IV. Portrait of Nicholas di Forzore Spinelli,
holding a medal 34
(Antwerp Museum)

V. Portrait of Martin van Nieuwenhove, 1487
(companion to I.) 40
(Saint John’s Hospital, Bruges)

VI. One Panel of the Shrine of Saint Ursula, 1489 50
(Saint John’s Hospital, Bruges)

VII. Portrait of an Old Lady 60
(Louvre, Paris)

VIII. The Blessed Virgin and Child, with Saint
George and the Donor 70
(National Gallery, London, No. 686)

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