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Border with the Meeting of Abraham and Melchizedek
Creator
Simon BeningFlemish Illuminator · 1483–1561
All works by this person →One of the most celebrated painters of Flanders in the 1500s, Simon Bening was hailed by Portuguese art critic Francisco da Hollanda as the greatest master of illumination in all of Europe. In addition to producing books for powerful aristocrats such as Cardinal Albrecht of Brandenburg, Bening worked for a group of international royal patrons including Emperor Charles V and Don Fernando, the Infan
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- about 1525–1530
- Medium
- Tempera colors, gold paint, and gold leaf
- Culture
- Flemish
- Department
- Manuscripts
- Institution
- Getty Museum
Abraham, in a sumptuously plumed helmet, triumphantly returns with his army to Salem after rescuing his nephew from captivity. Melchizedek, king of Salem, greets him at the city gates and offers him bread and wine in honor of his victory. Christians interpreted this event as an Old Testament prefiguration of the Last Supper, which appears on the opposite page. At the Last Supper, Christ had offered bread and wine to his disciples, telling them that it was his flesh and blood.
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