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- ↑ Lorne Campbell (Apr 1995). "Hans Memling, The Complete Works by Dirk de Vos". The Burlington Magazine . Vol. 137 no. 1105. pp. 253–254.
- ↑ Dan Ewing (2006). "The Flemish Primitives: The Masterpieces by Dirk de Vos". Sixteenth Century Journal . 37 (1): 258–259.
