In the collection of Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia — check current display status with the museum.
FROM THE BARNES FOUNDATION’S CATALOG
Based in Bruges, Hans Memling was primarily a painter of devotional artwork. Portraiture played an important role within this genre, however, as he had to capture the likenesses of saints and of the works' patrons. Memling painted about 30 individual portraits; this one, depicting an unknown sitter, was created by one of his followers. The background of waterways and lush countryside was a popular motif with Italian merchants and bankers working in the commercial city of Bruges.
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anonymous — Saint Dionysius the Areopagite in Prayer
Francesco Francia — Bishop Altobello Averoldo
Rogier van der Weyden — Man in Prayer
Lucas Cranach the Elder — Portrait of a Man
Portrait of Jan Gerritsz van Egmond van de Nijenburg
Adriaen Isenbrant — Man Weighing Gold
Portrait of a Man
Follower of Dirck Bouts — Portrait of a Donor
Master of the View of Saint Gudula — Young Man Holding a Boo
Hans Holbein the Younger — Erasmus of Rotterdam
Jan van Scorel — Haarlem Citizen
anonymous — Portrait of Arent Franckensz van der Meer, Lord 
