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Lot Essay
The Virgin and Child in the present composition relate to the figures found in the left panel of Memling's Diptych of Maarten van Nieuwenhove of 1487 (Bruges, Sint-Janshospitaal, Memlingmuseum), in which the Virgin similarly presents an apple to the Christ Child, as well as to the Standing Virgin and Child with donor and Saint Anthony of 1472 (Ottawa, National Gallery of Canada).
Wilhelm Valentiner knew this painting in the 1920s according to the Sotheby's catalogue of November 1949. That catalogue also states that Max J. Friedländer saw the painting first-hand and suggested that it was by a late-fifteenth century follower of Memling.
Wilhelm Valentiner knew this painting in the 1920s according to the Sotheby's catalogue of November 1949. That catalogue also states that Max J. Friedländer saw the painting first-hand and suggested that it was by a late-fifteenth century follower of Memling.