Early Life, Family and Training The story of Memling, Hans begins in the Middle Main region, where he was born around 1430. His earliest years were spent in Seligenstadt, near Frankfurt, a place that would eventually be far from the Flemish lands he would come to call home. Before he could make his mark in the great cities of the north, he had to learn the secrets of his craft. He sought his initial training in the workshops of Mainz or Cologne, where the foundations of his technical skill were first laid through years of patient labor and observation. As his ambition grew, so did the scope…