Hans Memling, horses and riders & Madonnas

Salve friends and visitors,
Hans Memling was one of the many amazing painters of the Northern Renaissance - XV century prolific painter of astonishing imagination and  skill. 

Two Horses and a Monkey - a  portrayal of the medieval horse ideal, its allegory nicely explained here

Turin altarpiece 

 

Saint John triptych

Seven Joys of the Virgin 

 

Greveradenaltar

 

Resurrection (of Budapest) 

and for its beauty - the Portinaris - husband and wife

 

and some samples of his Madonnas - nota bene several of his Madonnas contain magnificent oriental (Turkish and Persian?) carpets

 

and Adam and Eve

Valete!