Memlinc

Name: Memlinc
Author: Weale, J. Cyril M. (James Cyril M.)

Weale, J. Cyril M. (James Cyril M.)

Memling, Hans, 1430?-1494

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.


    [Illustration: PLATE I.--OUR LADY AND CHILD.

              (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

    [Illustration: IN SEMPITERNUM.]

    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


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