Born to be Glorified

Hans Memling's altarpiece for the high altar of Santa Maria la Real in Najera (1483-1494) must have been one of the most spectacular Flemish art works in the Iberian Peninsula. Only three panels survive in the Antwerp Royal Museum of Fine Arts : God surrounded by singing and music-making angels. The retable's central theme was the mystery of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin. The iconography of...