Simon Bening was a Flemish miniaturist, generally regarded as the last major artist of the Netherlandish tradition.
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![Self-portrait, tempera on parchment (8.5 cm × 5.7 cm), Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. The inscription in Latin reads "Simon Bennik. Alexandri. [F]ilius Se Ipsu. Pi[n]gebat. Ano. Aetatis. 75. 1558." ("Simon Bennik, the son of Alexander, painted this himself at the age of 75 in 1558").[1]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Simon_Bening_-_Miniaturenmaler.jpg/1280px-Simon_Bening_-_Miniaturenmaler.jpg)
Self-portrait, tempera on parchment (8.5 cm × 5.7 cm), Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. The inscription in Latin reads "Simon Bennik. Alexandri. [F]ilius Se Ipsu. Pi[n]gebat. Ano. Aetatis. 75. 1558." ("Simon Bennik, the son of Alexander, painted this himself at the age of 75 in 1558").[1]
Calendar page for September or October, watercolour on vellum (14 cm × 95 cm), 1540, Victoria and Albert Museum, London
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About this person
Category
Artists
Type
Artist
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1483 to 1561 · aged 78
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