“How do you measure dedication?” Barbara Boehm on Simon Bening’s "Book of Hours."
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"Book of Hours"
by Simon Bening
ca. 1530–35
The Cloisters Collection, 2015
2015.706
http://metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/684184
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"How do you measure dedication?" Barbara Boehm on Simon Bening’s Book of Hours.
Barbara Drake Boehm
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Barbara Drake Boehm
Paul and Jill Ruddock Senior Curator for The Met Cloisters
Paul and Jill Ruddock Senior Curator for The Met Cloisters
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Simon Bening
ca. 1530–35