# Hans Memling

> A German-born painter who moved to Bruges and became one of its wealthiest citizens by the 1480s, Memling ran a large workshop turning out religious commissions thick with donor portraits — the bankers and clergy who paid him inserted right into the frame.

*German/Flemish painter (c. 1430–1494)*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/hans-memling

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Artist
- **Category:** Artists
- **Country:** Germany
- **Born:** 1435
- **Died:** 1494-08-11
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Born around 1430 in the Middle Rhine, probably raised in Mainz, Memling trained in the Brussels workshop of Rogier van der Weyden before settling in Bruges in 1465 as a new citizen. There he built a workshop that served the city's ruling class: his altarpieces and devotional panels wove patron portraits — clergymen, aristocrats, merchants — directly into sacred scenes, a technique rooted in the Early Netherlandish tradition he'd absorbed as an apprentice. By 1480 a tax roll named him among Bruges' richest residents. He married Anna de Valkenaere and fathered three children; he died in August 1494. Two centuries of obscurity followed, then the 19th century pulled him back into view.

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 57.3 / 100
- **Momentum:** 10.0 / 100  (trend: STABLE)
- **Historical depth:** 23.2 / 100
- **Now attention:** 30.8 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 60.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 70.0 / 100

## Topics
#Artists, #Artist, #Painting, #Art, #Medieval Era

## Sources
- [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Memling)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q106851)
- [Pantheon 2.0](https://pantheon.world/profile/person/Hans%20Memling)
- [Hans Memlinq](https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Memlinq)
- [Ганс Мемлінг](https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81_%D0%9C%D0%B5%D0%BC%D0%BB%D1%96%D0%BD%D0%B3)
- [Ханс Мемлинг](https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81_%D0%9C%D0%B5%D0%BC%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B3)
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- [Hans Memling](https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Memling)
- [Hans Memling](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Memling)
- [Χανς Μέμλινγκ](https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A7%CE%B1%CE%BD%CF%82_%CE%9C%CE%AD%CE%BC%CE%BB%CE%B9%CE%BD%CE%B3%CE%BA)
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- [Hans Memling](https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Memling)
- [Hans Memling](https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Memling)
- [هانس مملینگ](https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B3_%D9%85%D9%85%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%86%DA%AF)
- [Hans Memling](https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Memling)
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- [Hans Memling](https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Memling)
- [הנס ממלינג](https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%94%D7%A0%D7%A1_%D7%9E%D7%9E%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%A0%D7%92)
- [हांस मेमलाइन](https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%B8_%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%87%E0%A4%A8)
- [Hans Memling](https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Memling)
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- [Հանս Մեմլինգ](https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%80%D5%A1%D5%B6%D5%BD_%D5%84%D5%A5%D5%B4%D5%AC%D5%AB%D5%B6%D5%A3)
- [MusicBrainz](https://musicbrainz.org/artist/2c5a086c-1674-4915-8c94-4ccaacc7b563)
- [Discogs](https://www.discogs.com/artist/2407949)
- [هانس ميملنغ](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B3_%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%85%D9%84%D9%86%D8%BA)
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