Ambrosius Benson (Lombardy? late 15th century-before 1550 Bruges)

The Virgin and Child

Details

Ambrosius Benson (Lombardy? late 15th century-before 1550 Bruges)
The Virgin and Child
oil and gold on Baltic oak panel
14½ x 11¼ in. (36.8 x 28.6 cm.)

Provenance

Schulte, Stuttgart; sale, Helbing, Munich, 27-28 March 1935, lot 461.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York, 28 January 2000, lot 10, where acquired by the present owner.

Literature

G. Marlier, Ambroisius Benson, 1957, p. 331, no. 228 (under paintings not seen by the author)
M.J. Friedländer, Early Netherlandish Paintings, 1974, XI, p. 97, no. 262, pl. 171.

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Lot Essay

Dendrochronological analysis of the oak panel by Professor Peter Klein of Hamburg University has revealed that the earliest date of the painting could be 1493. However it is more probable that the panel was used after 1499 (written communication, 15 May 2014).

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