Virgin and Child, ca. 1490, Oil on wood, Overall 10 3/4 x 8 1/4 in. (27. 3 x 21 cm) ; painted surface 9 x 6 5/8 in. (22. 9 x 16. 8 cm), Paintings, Workshop of Hans Memling (Netherlandish, Seligenstadt, active by 1465?died 1494 Bruges), This picture was most likely the pendant to a portrait or the central element of a triptych; the apple handed to the Child alludes to Christ as the future Redeemer of mankind. Although a workshop product, the composition was freely drawn on the panel after a pattern, rather than transferred through mechanical means