Just open at the National Gallery of Art in DC is "Prayers and Portraits: Unfolding the Netherlandish Diptych". It's a beautiful exhibit full of amazing works of art. Chief among them is a trio of works by Hans Memling. The Saint John from Munich is reunited with the NGA's own St. Veronica; the Maarten van Nieuwenhove Diptych from Brugge (one of Memlings greatest works); and an odd little portriat of a woman diptych from Rotterdam in which the opposite panel features two horses and a monkey!
Among the various treasures is this depiction of the Christ child by Jan Cornelisz Vermeyen. You'll see plenty infant Jesus' in this exhibition, but none where the model was a former midget wrestler on steriods! Sorry, but I just cracked up when I saw it. The good Meister Vermeyen needed to get out more. If you're in DC, get out and see this show, you'll have until February 6, 2007.
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