Simon Bening: 11 works

'The expansive landscape and the description of atmosphere are characteristic of the art of Simon Bening, who worked in the first half of the 1500s, when landscape painting emerged as an independent genre of art in easel paintings.'

'Simon Bening, the last great Flemish illuminator, was famous in his lifetime, and had clients in Portugal, Italy, and Germany.'

'The esteemed Flemish artist Simon Bening lavishly illuminated this prayer book for the powerful Cardinal Albrecht of Brandenburg, Elector and Archbishop of Mainz and an ambitious patron of the arts.'

'Simon Bening implied the building's enormity in part by cutting off pillars and statues at the edge of the image, which forcefully suggests the continuation of the space beyond the confines of the miniature.'

'Simon Bening paired this joyous Old Testament event with a parallel event from the New Testament, the Raising of Lazarus, on the facing page.'

'Simon Bening decided to portray the moment of cold financial negotiation, emphasizing Judas's greed.'

'Simon Bening underlined the parallel by showing Isaac in a position similar to Christ's, carrying on his shoulder the wood that will complete his sacrifice just as Christ carries his cross.'

'Simon Bening focused his image on Saint Peter's shocked reaction to the idea of Christ washing his feet.'

'Bening framed the scene with simulated wood arches, suggesting that the viewer is peering through a window into a real, three-dimensional space.'

'In both images, Simon Bening used golden rays of light to represent divine intervention.'

'The detailed yet expansive landscape seen in the background was one of the hallmarks of Simon Bening's late style.'