COLLECTION NAME:
The AMICA Library
Record
AMICA ID:
CMA_.2002.52
AMICA Library Year:
2003
Object Type:
Books
Creator Name:
Bening, Simon
Creator Nationality:
Flemish
Creator Role:
artist
Creator Dates/Places:
1483 - 1561
Gender:
M
Creator Birth Place:
either Ghent or Antwerp
Creator Name-CRT:
Simon Bening
Title:
Single Leaf with Scenes from the Last Supper
Title Type:
Primary
View:
Full View
Creation Date:
c.1525-1530
Creation Start Date:
1525
Creation End Date:
1530
Materials and Techniques:
tempera with liquid gold and silver on vellum; wooden board
Classification Term:
Manuscript
Style or Period:
Flanders, Bruges, 16th century
Dimensions:
Overall: 17cm x 12.5cm
AMICA Contributor:
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Owner Location:
Cleveland, Ohio, USA
ID Number:
2002.52
Credit Line:
Gift of Bruce Ferrini, Pamela Ferrini, associates, and friends in memory of Matthew Ferrini
Provenance:
Collection of Comte Paul Durrieu, Paris (1855-1925)
Context:
Bening's long career in Bruges (1508-55) was distinguished by a series of major commissions for celebrated families north and south of the Alps. This illuminated leaf, one of eleven preserved from the now lost parent manuscript, was painted for a member of the important Spanish family of Enriquez de Ribera, whose coat of arms appears at the bottom of the miniature.In the upper register, Jesus gives Judas (dressed in yellow and green) a piece of bread to indicate his knowledge of the Apostle's betrayal, as depicted primarily according to the Gospel of John (13:21-30). Two banderoles contain Christ's words to the Apostles: Amen dico vobis quod unus vestrum me proditurus est (Verily I say unto you that one of you shall betray me [Matthew 26:21]); Qui intinxit mecum panem in paropside is me tradet (He that dippeth his hand with me in the dish, the same shall betray me [Matthew 26:23]).In the lower register, Judas, realizing his betrayal is understood, gets up suddenly to leave. His wooden stool topples over, and Christ's words appear in a banderole: Quod facis fac cito (What thou doest, do quickly [John 13:27]).The two scenes are surrounded by an illusionistic border in liquid silver, with liquid gold acanthus, butterflies and flowers. In the upper left of the border is the Evangelist Matthew.
Related Image Identifier Link:
CMA_.2002.52.tif