Little is known of Memlingrsquo;s life. It is surmised that he was a German by descent but the definite fact of his life is that he painted at Bruges; sharing with the van Eycks; who had also worked in that city; the honour of being the leading artists of the so-called lsquo;School of Brugesrsquo;. He carried on their method of painting; and added to it a quality of gentle sentiment. In his case; as in theirs; Flemish art; founded upon local conditions and embodying purely local ideals; reached its fullest expression.
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