Hans Memling, Virgin and Child with Maarten van Nieuwenhove

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Hans Memling's devotional diptych, Virgin and Child with Maarten van Nieuwenhove in the Municipal Museums, Bruges, Hospitaalmuseum Sint-Janshospitaal has been the object of careful physical and art historical analysis. The following is based on:

• Silvio Savarese, Ron Spronk, David G. Stork and Andrey DelPozo, "Reflections on praxis and facture in a devotional portrait diptych: A computer analysis of the mirror in Hans Memling's Virgin and Child and Maarten van Nieuwenhove," SPIE Electronic imaging: Computer image analysis in the study of art, vol. 6810, David G. Stork and Jim Coddington (eds.), 68100G, SPIE 2008

The convex mirror in the left panel

Physical examination, x-radiography and infra-red reflectography of the left panel shows that several passages, such as the convex mirror and the stained glass window, were added as afterthoughts. We oes the rectified image depicted in the convex mirror correspond to the tableau?