Simon Bening
(1483–1561) Flemish painter and manuscript illuminator (1483-1561)
Simon Bening (1483–1561) is listed in the catalogue as a painter. By year of birth, Simon Bening belongs to the chapter ‘The Renaissance’ in this site’s history of art.
Simon Bening was born in Ghent and died in Bruges. Simon Bening studied under Alexander Bening. Simon Bening worked in Ghent and Bruges. Wikidata associates Simon Bening with Ghent-Bruges school.
The best-known works include ‘Prayer Book of Cardinal Albrecht of Brandenburg’, ‘Hours of Hennessy’, ‘Grimani Breviary’, and ‘Munich-Montserrat Hours’. The catalogue has 13 works by Simon Bening with free images. The dated works span the years 1510–1558. Works by Simon Bening are held by several collections, among them Getty Center, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Vlaamse Kunstcollectie, and Groeningemuseum.
Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Baldassare Peruzzi, Bastiano da Sangallo, Garofalo, Chen Shun, and Agostino Busti.