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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
A text discussing the Five Wounds of Christ faces a picture of those wounds being venerated. Some scholars consider the monogram in gold on a red field to the lower right to be the initials of the artist, Simon Bening, appropriately found on the last illuminated page. In the upper right, an elaborate golden pedestal supports a statue of the Virgin and Child. By alluding to the beginning of Christ's life, this subject complements the facing scene, which makes reference to the end of his life. In this way, the final opening encompasses the entire life of Christ, which is the subject matter of the book.
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