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(Portinari's name-saint) and the central panel of the Madonna and Child are both now in the Gemäldegalerie, Berlin. All three panels are set within a single loggia, with a unified landscape background across all three, which proved a major influence on

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and

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. The right-hand panel is not definitely Portinari (1466-1551) but the identification is highly probable, particularly due to a label on the reverse showing his motto ''DE BONO DANS MELIVS''. Portinari is thought to have commissioned the work in

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. The Benedetto Portinari Triptych was taken to

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to decorate the church of Sant'Egidio within the

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, of which Portinari was patron. Gloria Fossi, ''La Galerie des Offices'', Giunti, Florence, 2004. File:Memling, Trittico di Benedetto Portinari, San Benedetto.jpg, ''Saint Benedict'' File:Hans Memling 042.jpg, ''Madonna and Child'' File:Memling, trittico di Benedetto Portinari, ritratto, parte destra.jpg, ''Benedetto Portinari''

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{{15C-painting-stub Paintings of the Madonna and Child Paintings of Benedict of Nursia 15th-century portraits Paintings in the Gemäldegalerie, Berlin Paintings in the collection of the Uffizi category:Paintings by Hans Memling 1480s paintings Triptychs Portraits of men