A Memling-inspired Saint Anne

Cornette de Saint-Cyr, from France, sells on 30 January 2020 a "ca. 1520 Flemish School" Virgin and Child with Saint Anne, estimated at 6,000 to 8,000 Euro.

Another version of the painting is at the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, as "Anonymous, Flemish, ca. 1500", so while it confirms the date and region, it doesn't help us any further in finding the artist or inspiration for it.

And a minor variation is shown in a work from the Walker Art Gallery (through Art UK) Attributed simply to the Netherlandish School.

A miniature from the Simon Bening Workshop, from ca. 1510, shows the same structure, with many comparable elements in the dress and positions. It is for sale at Jörn Günther Rare Books. It seems unlikely that there would be no link between this miniature and the Walker art version above, as the folds in the dress of the Virgin are just too similar.

Older Italian versions simply showed Anne hovering over (sometimes really towering!) and protecting Mary. This can also be seen in e.g. this painting by Jan Joest of Kalkar, from the Columbus Museum of Arts, which dates to ca. 1510 and is thus contemporary to the work for sale.

This vertical depiction of the Virgin and Child with Saint Anne, with Anne reading a book, seems to have originated with Hans Memling in ca. 1480, from a diptych in the Alte Pinakothek in Munich.

UPDATE: sold for 7,800 Euro.