Christ among the Doctors: Luke 2:46-47

A contemporary of Memling, Vrancke van der Stockt was active in Brussels, where he took over the workshop of Memling's master Rogier van der Weyden after the latter's death in 1465. The almost thirty surviving drawings by Vrancke's hand make him the earliest Flemish artist for whom we have a significant drawn oeuvre. His idiosyncratic thick, long pen strokes delineating draperies, coupled with thinner strokes and occasional hatching, are much influenced by Rogier's drawing style. The underdrawing in Memling's Crabbe triptych, especially in the figures of the Annunciation on the outer wings, is similar to Vrancke's style and shows the extent to which Memling was also indebted to his early training with Rogier in Brussels. -- Exhibition Label, from "Hans Memling: Portraiture, Piety, and a Reunited Altarpiece"