The Resurrection

c. 1530

Simon Bening

Associated Names
Simon Bening

Artist, Flemish, 1483/1484 - 1561

This is a painting of a religious figure surrounded by armored soldiers. The central figure has wounds on their body, wears a red cloak, and has a golden halo around their head. They hold a large cross staff with a banner displaying a red cross. Three armored soldiers are depicted in various postures. The background shows a landscape with hills and a distant town under a pastel-toned sky. The image is framed with an ornate golden border.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    miniature on vellum

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall: 7 x 4.8 cm (2 3/4 x 1 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1964.8.12

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    NGA Miniatures 1975, no. 49

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Purchased in Madrid in 1849 by William Stirling-Maxwell [1818 - 1878], London (from an album with his device and bookplate as William Stirling). (Bernard M. Rosenthal, Inc., New York); purchased 1960 by Lessing J. Rosenwald; gift to NGA, 1964.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1972

  • Mediaeval Manuscripts from the Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection, University of Notre Dame, 1972, no. 15.

1973

  • Important Old Master Drawing's, Christie, Manson, & Woods, London, March 20, 1973, no. 116.

  • Fanfare for Europe, London, 1973, no. 37.

  • Woodner Collection II Old Master Drawings from the XV to the XVIII century, William H. Schab Gallery Inc, New York, October 12-November 30, 1973, no. 77.

1975

  • Medieval and Renaissance Miniatures from the National Gallery of Art, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1975, no. 49, repro.

1983

  • Master Drawings from the Woodner Collection, The J. Paul Getty Museum, May 28- August 12, 1983, Kimbell Art Museum, September 10 -November 13, 1983, The National Gallery of Art, December 18, 1983- February 26, 1984, no. 45.

Bibliography

1964

  • Winkler, Friedrich, Das Werk des Hugo van der Goes. Berlon: Walter de Gruyter & Co., 1964: 190 n. 1.

1974

  • Butler, J., "Old Master Drawings from the Woodner Collection," Connoisseur, 186 (1974): 56.

1975

  • National Gallery of Art. Medieval and Renaissance Miniatures from the National Gallery of Art. Washington, 1975: no. 49.

Wikidata ID

Q64631373

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