Jan Floreins Altarpiece

The altarpiece open
The altarpiece closed, showing outer panels of John the Baptist and saint Veronica.

The Jan Floreins Altarpiece or Triptych of Jan Floreins is a 1479 three-panel altarpiece, painted by Hans Memling for brother Jan Floreins of the Oud Sint-Janshospitaal in Bruges, where it still hangs as part of the collection of the Memlingmuseum.

Sources

  • Irene Smets, Ludiongids Het Memlingmuseum-Sint-Janshospitaal Brugge, Ludion Gent-Amsterdam, 2001 pp. 46-51
  • (in Dutch) Stephan Kemperdick, Rogier van der Weyden, Könemann, Keulen, 1999 p. 131
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