# Triptych of the Family Moreel \(closed\) [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [MEMLING, Hans]() - Date: 1451-1500 - Technique: Oil on wood, 141 x 87 cm \(each wing\) ## Commentary The closed wings represent St John the Baptist and St George in grisaille. No adequate explanation for their presence has been found as yet. The two saints might have been included as the two sons' \(Jan and Jaris\) patron saints. The eldest son, Willem, was already protected by his father's patron on the front, and the two other sons are known to have died at a very early age. ## Related artworks - [Adam and Eve]() - [Adoration of the Magi \(detail\)]() - [Adoration of the Magi]() - [Advent and Triumph of Christ \(detail\)]() - [Advent and Triumph of Christ \(detail\)]() - [Advent and Triumph of Christ]() - [Allegory with a Virgin]() - [Angel Musicians \(left panel\)]() - [Angel Musicians]() - [Angel with an Olive Branch, Emblem of Divine Peace]() - [Annunciation]() - [Bathsheba]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()