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Simon Bening

1483 - 1561

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Simon Bening (c. 1483 – 1561) was a Flemish miniaturist, generally regarded as the last major artist of the Netherlandish tradition. Bening, born either in Ghent or Antwerp, was probably trained by his father, illuminator Alexander Bening, in the family workshop in Ghent. He travelled between Ghent and Bruges and became a member of the guild of San John and Saint Luke in Bruges as an illuminator in 1508. He made his own name after moving to Bruges in about 1510, where he had lived since. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Simon Bening is the 1,646th most popular painter (down from 1,457th in 2019), the 604th most popular biography from Belgium (down from 507th in 2019) and the 106th most popular Belgian Painter.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Simon Bening ranks 1,646 out of 2,023. Before him are Corneliu Baba, Max Švabinský, Regina Ghazaryan, Fyodor Vasilyev, Josef Abel, and Childe Hassam. After him are Mstislav Dobuzhinsky, Gwen John, Artur Grottger, Julian Fałat, William Orpen, and Paul Kane.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1483, Simon Bening ranks 12. Before him are Ayas Mehmed Pasha, Paolo Giovio, Ridolfo Ghirlandaio, Felice della Rovere, Gasparo Contarini, and Jaime, Duke of Braganza. After him is Nicolaus von Amsdorf. Among people deceased in 1561, Simon Bening ranks 21. Before him are Caspar Schwenckfeld, Hans Tausen, Catherine of Mecklenburg, Yamamoto Kansuke, Saitō Yoshitatsu, and Mother Shipton. After him is Jorge de Montemor.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Simon Bening ranks 604 out of 1,190. Before him are Daniel Seghers (1590), Lei Clijsters (1956), Henri Pousseur (1929), Jan Pieter Schotte (1928), Ludo Coeck (1955), and Marouane Fellaini (1987). After him are Maurice Hemelsoet (1875), Claude Criquielion (1957), Andrei Kozyrev (1951), Maurice Peeters (1882), FM-2030 (1930), and Jacques Tits (1930).

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Among PAINTERS In Belgium

Among painters born in Belgium, Simon Bening ranks 106. Before him are Jacques d'Arthois (1613), Frans Pourbus the Elder (1545), Rik Wouters (1882), Jan Fabre (1958), Levina Teerlinc (1510), and Daniel Seghers (1590). After him are Hans Eworth (1520), Frank Brangwyn (1867), and Charles Hamilton Smith (1776).

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