RCASH Research Symposium: "The Art of the Deal: Painting, Patronage, and International Business in Fifteenth-Century Flanders" (Dr. Mitzi Kirkland-Ives)

Dr. Kirkland-Ives examines how the business world of fifteenth-century Flanders created an emerging social class of urban entrepreneurs who became the clients of artist Hans Memling. Kirkland-Ives weaves an intriguing tale of merchants, bankers, diplomats, piracy and murder to highlight Memling’s place in fifteenth-century art history.

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