Written in gold on a red background is an inscription that identifies this miniature as a self-portrait of the famous Bruges illuminator, Simon Bening: "Simon Bennik, the son of Alexander, painted this himself at the age of 75 in 1558."
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Simon Bening became one of the most famous illuminators of the sixteenth century. He spent his early years in Ghent or Antwerp, prob...
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