Tag: Simon Bening

Artists of Northern Europe, Conferences and Symposia, Flemish primitives, Great Mistresses, Illuminated manuscripts, Illumination of legal documents, portrait miniature, Portraiture, Royal Portraits, Simon Bening, Tudor portraiture

Levina Teerlinc (?) Henry VIII’s court artist from 1546 – 1576

Melanie V Taylor

The author recounts their discovery of Levina Teerlinc, a significant 16th-century woman artist, while researching for their MA. They analyze a portrait by Nicholas Hilliard, suggesting it depicts Teerlinc as the Unknown Lady. Teerlinc's status as Elizabeth I's official painter raises her profile in the male-dominated art world of the period.

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

The Adoration of the Kings

Melanie V Taylor

This post is a day late, but here are two beautiful full page miniatures by Simon Bening of his interpreation of the Adoration of the Kings on the Feast of the Epiphany. The first is from the da Costa Hours (MS M 399) now in the Morgan Library, New York. Adoration of the Kings. (folio… Continue reading The Adoration of the Kings

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.

Artists of Northern Europe, Flemish primitives, Illuminated manuscripts, Renaissance

The Events of Holy Thursday and Good Friday through the eyes of the Northern European Masters

Melanie V Taylor

Maundy Thursday marked the beginning of the most solemn part of the Easter festival for the Christian Church and is also the festival of Passover in the Judaic faith. Services would normally take place in churches and synagogues, but in these days of Covid-19 the sacred places remain shut in order to contain the spread… Continue reading The Events of Holy Thursday and Good Friday through the eyes of the Northern European Masters