“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
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
3 min. watch
Contributor
Barbara Drake Boehm
Paul and Jill Ruddock Senior Curator for The Met Cloisters
Paul and Jill Ruddock Senior Curator for The Met Cloisters
Art Mentioned
Simon Bening
ca. 1530–35
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