Tommaso di Folco Portinari (1428?1501) ; Maria Portinari (Maria Maddalena Baroncelli, born 1456), ca. 1470, Oil on wood, (, Tommaso) overall 17 3/8 x 13 1/4 in. (44. 1 x 33. 7 cm), painted surface 16 5/8 x 12 1/2 in. (42. 2 x 31. 8 cm) ; (, Maria) overall 17 3/8 x 13 3/8 in. (44. 1 x 34 cm) ; painted surface 16 5/8 x 12 5/8 in. (42. 2 x 32. 1 cm), Paintings, Hans Memling (Netherlandish, Seligenstadt, active by 1465?died 1494 Bruges), The clever balance of verisimilitude and idealization in the features of this pair made Hans Memling the most sought-after portraitist of his day. The Florentine Tommaso Portinari was the branch manager of the Medici bank in Bruges, and probably commissioned these portraits from Memling upon the couple's marriage in 1470