Hans Memling (c. 1430 – 1494)

• Was a painter active in Flanders.
• Memling's portraits, in particular, were popular in Italy.
• Memling's portrait style influenced the work of numerous late-15th-century Italian painters.
• Purchasers of his paintings include Cardinal Grimani and Cardinal Bembo at Venice, and the heads of the House of Medici at Florence.
• Memling became sufficiently prosperous that his name appears on a list of the 875 richest citizens of Bruges.
• He died in Bruges.
• The trustees of his will appeared before the court of wards at Bruges on 10 December 1495, and records indicate Memling left behind several children and considerable property.
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