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Simon Bening

Flemish painter and manuscript illuminator (1483-1561)

Born in Ghent. Died in Bruges.

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A life in paintings

Born 148311 dated paintingsDied 1561

12 works

  • Saint Jérôme pénitent dans un paysage avec l'épisode du lion qu'il guérit
    Saint Jérôme pénitent dans un paysage avec l'épisode du lion qu'il guérit
    presumably by · Presumably by Simon Bening
    16th century · Department of Paintings of the Louvre
  • John the Baptist preaching and the Baptism of Christ
    John the Baptist preaching and the Baptism of Christ
    Simon Bening
    1510 · Groeningemuseum
  • Pietà
    Pietà
    Simon Bening
    1520–1525 · Metropolitan Museum of Art
  • Triptych of Virgin and Child; Saints Catherine and Barbara
    Triptych of Virgin and Child; Saints Catherine and Barbara
    Simon Bening
    1520 · Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
  • Adoration of the Magi
    Adoration of the Magi
    Simon Bening
    1520s · Department of Paintings of the Louvre
  • St. Gertrude de Nivelles, from the Hours of Cardinal Albrecht of Brandenburg (1490-1545), Archibishop and Elector of Mainz
    St. Gertrude de Nivelles, from the Hours of Cardinal Albrecht of Brandenburg (1490-1545), Archibishop and Elector of Mainz
    Simon Bening
    c. 1523 · Carnegie Museum of Art
  • Christ Washing the Apostles' Feet
    Christ Washing the Apostles' Feet
    Simon Bening
    1525–1530 · Getty Center
  • Peter's Denial
    Peter's Denial
    Simon Bening
    c. 1525–1530 · Getty Center
  • Portrait of Henry III, Count of Nassau-Breda
    Portrait of Henry III, Count of Nassau-Breda
    attributed to · Unknown artist, attributed to Simon Bening and after Jan Gossaert
    c. 1530–1570–1531 · Gemäldegalerie Berlin
  • Villagers on Their Way to Church
    Villagers on Their Way to Church
    Simon Bening
    c. 1550 · Getty Center
  • Self-portrait
    Self-portrait
    Simon Bening
    1558 · Metropolitan Museum of Art
  • Virgin and Child
    Virgin and Child
    Simon Bening
    · Museum of Fine Arts Ghent (MSK)
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