#simon bening

[wisdom-hunter]

The Last Judgment from the "Hours of Albrecht of Brandenburg," an illuminated manuscript created by Flemish artist Simon Bening (1522–1530)

[art-mirrors-art]

Feast in house of Simon the Pharisee, from the Stein Quadriptych (c.1525) Walters Manuscript W.442.A-D, Panel B 23r The Stein Quadriptych was likely created in Bruges and it has been traditionally attributed to Simon Bening and associates. This collection of sixty-four miniatures is mounted in four panels, each with sixteen miniatures; below it's one of the four panels:

The presence of a mirror in a scene with Christ is extremely rare; we know only a handful of such illuminations or panels

[lionofchaeronea]

Title: Villagers on Their Way to Church Artist: Simon Bening (Flemish, ca. 1483/4-1561) Date: ca. 1550 Genre: genre art, religious art (Christianity) Period: Northern Renaissance Medium: tempera colors and gold paint on parchment Dimensions: 5.6 cm (2.2 in) high x 9.6 cm (3.8 in) wide Location: Getty Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA

This miniature was probably cut from the lower border of a Book of Hours. The candles the villagers hold suggest that the occasion is the feast of Candlemas (2 February).

[eatingbreadandhoney]

The Nativity by Simon Bening, circa 1525-30

[art1for2the3masses]

Simon Bening (c.1483-1561) - The Adoration of the Magi, mid-1520s

[carloskaplan]

Simon Bening: A Virxe co Neno (ca. 1530)

[granstromjulius]

Simon Bening

[cuties-in-codices]

anna selbdritt & the birth of mary

from the hours of albrecht of brandenburg, illuminated by simon bening, flanders, c. 1522-23

"In the charming border scene, with details drawn from daily life, Anne, having just given birth, is offered a plate of food, while a midwife sits by the fireside cradling the infant Mary."

source: Cambridge, Fitzwilliam Museum, MSS 294a-c