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Triptych of Adriaan Reins
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Triptych of Adriaan Reins

Hans Memling
1480
Oil on panel; 54 x 23 cm (wing with frame, each); 44.5 x 13.5 cm (painted surface, each wing)
Bruges, Sint-Janshospitaal, Memlingmuseum
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(Closed triptych)
Saint Wilgefortis, depicted on reverse of the rigt wing, was the daughter of the king of Portugal, who wished to remain a virgin and not to married to a heathen prince. In response to her prayers, she was given a beard to put of her suitor, with the result that her father subsequently had her crucified.
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