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

The Nativity – By Simon Bening c 1515.

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, Illuminated manuscripts

The Adoration of the Shepherds

And she [Mary] brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid Him in a manger; because there was no room for them in the inn. And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. Lo, the angel of the Lord… Continue reading The Adoration of the Shepherds