Copyright: © Photo: H. Maertens, Bruges, Tel. +32 50 386817. Image courtesy of Stad
Brugge, Stedelijke Musea, Dyver 12, 8000 Brugge
Altarpiece of the Baptism of Christ
Gerard David
1505
Physical Description
Medium: Oil on canvas
Production Description
Production Date: 1505
Provenance
Current Location: Stedelijk Museum Brugge, Memlingmuseum, Stad Brugge
Electronic Archive Edition: 1
File Name:
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Scholarly Commentary
Introduction
This work was attributed to Memling when DGR saw it in 1849. It is the source for his sonnet A Virgin and Child, by Hans Memmeling; in the Academy of Bruges .