Simon Bening's Book of Hours | Met Collects

"How do you measure dedication?" Barbara Boehm on Simon Bening’s Book of Hours.

“How do you measure dedication?” Barbara Boehm on Simon Bening’s "Book of Hours."

Featured artwork:
"Book of Hours"
by Simon Bening
ca. 1530–35
The Cloisters Collection, 2015
2015.706

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Barbara Drake Boehm
Paul and Jill Ruddock Senior Curator for The Met Cloisters

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Book of Hours, Simon Bening  Netherlandish, Tempera, gold, and ink on parchment; modern red leather binding, Netherlandish
Simon Bening
ca. 1530–35