mamling captured many of his models against the backdrop of landscapes.stomers, in the upper left. “you will trample on the beast, a ruler will be born for the universe, the virgin’s breast will become the salvation of the world, and the invisible word will appear.” according to some researchers, in the image of sevilla, mamling presented his daughter to the city burgomaster. yes, it is truly unknown who is depicted in the portrait, which went down in history as the man with a roman coin. some art historians believe that the artist captured nikola deforsor from spenley, medalist of the duke of burgundy and karl smelov. according to another version, this is the ambassador of the venetian republic bernard bembo, a man who had an excellent education and was interested in antiquity. in concept and composition, this portrait is similar to... a contemporary of memling. the creation of commissioned portraits did not prevent mamling from performing work for the church. religious painting occupied a central place in his work. shortly after the bruges artists moved