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Saturday, December 22, 2012

Hans Memling devotional panel, Christ Blessing, Recently Discovered 15th Century Masterwork to be Offered at Sotheby's New York in January 2013

Sotheby’s New York is pleased to announce the sale of an unrecorded, recently-discovered Hans Memling devotional panel, Christ Blessing, in our upcoming Important Old Master Paintings & Sculpture sale on 31 January 2013 as part of Old Masters Week (est. $1/1.5 million). The panel, which has been in the same New England collection for over 150 years, was completely unknown to scholars and collectors alike before it was discovered earlier this year.



Through extensive research, Sotheby’s and leading Memling experts have confirmed the panel to be by the Flemish master. Memling was one of the most influential and important artists working in Flanders in the late 15th century and was a leading painter of the Northern Renaissance. The panel, thought to have been executed between 1480 and 1485, will be on view in New York beginning 25 January. 





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