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Artists of Northern Europe, Christmas, Flemish primitives, Illuminated manuscripts, Original Documents, Renaissance, Simon Bening, Subjects for discussion, Symbols and emblems, Uncategorized

And there were shepherds in the fields …

Melanie V Taylor

f157verso Ms M399 the da Costa Hours (c1515); Simon Bening (1483/4 - 1561). The Morgan Library, New York. Simon Bening has chosen to depict the moment the single angel visits the shepherds as told by St Luke and St Matthew in the New Testament and has set the announcement to these humble men in a… Continue reading And there were shepherds in the fields …

Artists of Northern Europe, Flemish primitives, Illuminated manuscripts, Original Documents, Renaissance, Simon Bening, Symbols and emblems

The Nativity – By Simon Bening c 1515.

Melanie V Taylor

Hidden away in the Morgan Library in New York is this gem of a book of hours painted by the last of the male Flemish illuminators, the great Simon Bening. Folio 151verso is a full page illumination of the birth of the Christ Child. The Virgin kneels before naked newborn Christ, who is laid on… Continue reading The Nativity – By Simon Bening c 1515.