The same formula, with the office named

This title is the enthroned-Virgin formula with one word added: musical. That word converts two interchangeable attendants into holders of a specific office. It is the smallest possible upgrade in the hierarchy — still unnamed, still unranked, still two — and it is the kind of distinction a catalogue can report because it lives entirely in the wording of the record.

What the record holds

The catalogue dates the work to 1467 and gives Hans Memling, a Flemish painter, with Northern Renaissance as the style term. The recorded dimensions are 74.5 x 52.3 cm. The measured colour family is red. No location is recorded.

The earliest of the group

Among the thirteen entries by this painter in the catalogue, this carries the earliest date on file. That makes it a useful anchor for the rest without requiring any claim about development, influence or workshop practice, none of which the record contains. Thirteen titles across the whole catalogue involve music. No location is recorded for this one, and the recorded size is that of a panel for private use rather than an altar.